MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.8%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	41.2% is a reasonable 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	48.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 2 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 09:44
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD FX-8300-$85 11,283 User benchmarks, average bench 50% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	52.8% Above average	SC Int 85.1 SC Float 72.4 SC Mixed 76.8 62% 78.1 Pts	QC Int 262 QC Float 221 QC Mixed 254 56% 245 Pts	MC Int 423 MC Float 366 MC Mixed 402 60% 397 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$155 133,084 User benchmarks, average bench 39% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Lighting 137 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 120 40% 112 fps	MRender 82.2 Gravity 123 Splatting 82.9 42% 96.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 43%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$85 16,724 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 148GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (5^th 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 1753 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 34 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 44 240519610409 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3588561577 (F7) Unknown 100 100 112559995 (F8) Unknown 100 100 62007064 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1254 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	48.4% Average	Read 308 Write 250 Mixed 181 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 32.2 4K Mixed 12.1 65% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 49.6 DQ Mixed 12.7 17% 29.1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 82%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$35 57,333 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 241GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s NCQ !4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 177 6041 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3873 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30036 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2538 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 293 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3893 (C2) HDA temperature 110 94 40 (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	39.6% Below average	Read 68.4 Write 69.2 Mixed 28.2 41% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.42 109% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1600C10D3/4G 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.9% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 13.9 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 48%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 42%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) - $62

CPU
FX-6300AMD $72Bench 48%, 85,082 samples	2,113x
FX-8350AMD $100Bench 57%, 108,300 samples	889x
FX-8320AMD $106Bench 51%, 45,938 samples	731x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $200Bench 40%, 123,465 samples	367x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $300Bench 72%, 250,718 samples	327x
GTX 750 TiNvidia $110Bench 23%, 92,184 samples	298x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $65Bench 48%, 119,806 samples	265x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 282,195 samples	254x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 95%, 184,154 samples	132x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 50%, 14,868 samples	176x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 13,403 samples	170x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 25,300 samples	146x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $434

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $300	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $158

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $195	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12