MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.7% 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	71.1% 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 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '16 at 16:08
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370E-$471 5,639 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 75.5 2-Core 151 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 468 44% 363 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% PwrHis(1787 3000) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	30.7% Below average	Lighting 40.5 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 53.4 33% 41.4 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 28.2 Splatting 37.3 26% 31.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TE256HMHP-00007 256GB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0206Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2609 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1610 (B1) Unknown 85 85 85 (B3) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 44 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 86 (F1) Unknown 99 99 88513644349 (F2) Unknown 99 99 62872079453	71.1% Very good	Read 497 Write 253 Mixed 194 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 17.7 98% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 36.4 61% 118 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 95%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 100 115159144 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 257 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1478538 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 228 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 155 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 65 62 605945891 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 968 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 68719476771 (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 11549167059055 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17893183227 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12596473306	86.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 145 Mixed 95.9 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 96%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 580GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 131072 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 104 (03) Spinup time 121 121 25790120252 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7123 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 137 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 130 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3980 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2214 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7129 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7129 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 223339216929 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 143 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	57% Above average	Read 100 Write 98.3 Mixed 35.2 57% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.36 88% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 74%
Toshiba MK5065GSXF 500GB 2,703 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 296GB free Firmware: GP006B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1912 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 21554 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 2047 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 8470 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4118 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 8644 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 2256 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 34 34 669389 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 197568888861 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 233 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 37 (DE) Loaded hours 87 87 5420 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 320 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1054	23.6% Poor	Read 44.4 Write 37.5 Mixed 47 33% 43 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.32 79% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1333KLN-4G JM1333KLN-4G XM1D3LF4GB26826816 Kingston 99U5458-005.A01LF 16GB 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.9% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 15.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $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