MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	37.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '17 at 14:14
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Memory 69.2 1-Core 24.3 2-Core 47.7 34% 47.1 Pts	4-Core 86.1 8-Core 130 13% 108 Pts	64-Core 135 8% 135 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.3% Below average	Lighting 37.6 Reflection 52.6 Parallax 69 31% 53 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 62 Splatting 53.6 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7986465 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -55989193663793 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1483 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 33 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 37 34362163227 (C2) HDA temperature 27 37 34362163227 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7986465 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7986465 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7986465 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11718 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7599 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7599 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5265 (F4) Unknown 98 98 5046349	40.7% Average	Read 303 Write 104 Mixed 138 40% 182 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 12.3 64% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 66.6 DQ Write 80.8 DQ Mixed 30.9 35% 59.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 216GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4273 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6813 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1478 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4243 (C2) HDA temperature 118 93 25 (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	99.4% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 146 Mixed 135 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.33 118% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3120813AS 120GB-$98 647 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 97GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 90 27662322 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7822 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 573509522 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22052 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6242 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 51 437649434 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 38654705690 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 90 48 204584863 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	25.8% Poor	Read 52.3 Write 37.4 Mixed 44.9 34% 44.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.41 94% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 32%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 18GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 32.1 Write 27.8 Mixed 19.4 32% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.18 54% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 358 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 12.5 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 7.7 17% 6.07 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $175Bench 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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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