MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '17 at 03:39
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 79.9 2-Core 151 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 493 46% 385 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.9% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 159 Parallax 182 95% 152 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 165 Splatting 120 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$22 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 141 891 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12215 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1682 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 2432 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 449 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24893 (C2) HDA temperature 104 82 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	52.2% Above average	Read 90.8 Write 91 Mixed 85.8 67% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.17 65% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 61%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 163GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 169 4008 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 614 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4617 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 610 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 366 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 37778 (C2) HDA temperature 108 102 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.7% Good	Read 119 Write 107 Mixed 104 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.22 70% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH1X04F1AA28-15 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 4GBH1X04F1AA28-15 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 19.1 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.9 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 54%

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Typical 970 GAMING (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 2,303 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	960x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	412x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	264x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	166x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	149x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	141x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	140x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	47x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	34x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16