MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	55.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130328
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '17 at 17:37
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 69 2-Core 129 58% 94.3 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 274 31% 244 Pts	64-Core 272 17% 272 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9290) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 69.8 Reflection 58.4 Parallax 80.8 57% 69.7 fps	MRender 58.1 Gravity 58.1 Splatting 74.2 53% 63.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5318 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 332 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 17 (B1) Unknown 0 0 217 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1152379 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 104 (E7) Temperature 99 100 33 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10 (EA) Unknown 0 0 106 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15081 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10833	56% Above average	Read 356 Write 288 Mixed 312 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 50.2 4K Mixed 13.7 76% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 60.5 DQ Mixed 15.2 19% 32.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 96%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 341GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6380 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 14819 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6303 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1158 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 71 386727959 (C2) HDA temperature 79 69 420282389 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 929028 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	32.4% Below average	Read 54.2 Write 58.6 Mixed 57 43% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.23 72% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 59%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 177GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90245483 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12742 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 17480583977 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 55544 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1177 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 605421598 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 81604378654 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 30 90245483 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -124506806895881 (F1) Unknown 100 253 299926996 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3945054694	41.8% Average	Read 78.6 Write 67 Mixed 12.9 38% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.22 64% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 61%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 53GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 155 152 5225 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4938 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 78854 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1443 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 345 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1443 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 33 (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	34.6% Below average	Read 61.3 Write 58.6 Mixed 24.3 35% 48.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.34 108% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400C10 Series 2400C10 Series Corsair CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 Corsair CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 16GB 800, 800, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.1% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 15.3 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.7 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) - $72

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	222x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	28x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

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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