MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.8% 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	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 21:30
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 140 60% 99 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 437 42% 345 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3606) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 41 Parallax 57.6 37% 48.1 fps	MRender 57 Gravity 52.1 Splatting 38.5 39% 49.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SH920 2.5 128GB 854 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1010BL00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4377 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1785 (64) Unknown 100 100 2183206 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 226 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2026080 (B2) Unknown 100 100 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 17 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2479 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 50 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 0 55837392923 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 99 222789133 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7779 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4724 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5311 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 6679	66.9% Good	Read 476 Write 242 Mixed 373 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 21 87% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 60 69% 120 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 87%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 878GB free Firmware: LVM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 135098898 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 465 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 61 32028258 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -132607115263317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 216 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 57 454033433 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2358 (C2) HDA temperature 25 43 51539607577 (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 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 102679783145959 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	63.9% Good	Read 123 Write 99.8 Mixed 78.6 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.12 78% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 71%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 32GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2656 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9918 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2413 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2519 (C2) HDA temperature 113 86 30 (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	62.2% Good	Read 97 Write 120 Mixed 78.7 74% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 518 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 16.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 13.1 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.8% 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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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