MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 72% 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.6% 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	44.8% 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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 10:54
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 87 1-Core 72.6 2-Core 143 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 446 44% 362 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1578 MHz, MLim: 1796 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Lighting 48.7 Reflection 48.4 Parallax 47.6 40% 48.2 fps	MRender 40.9 Gravity 43.7 Splatting 39.1 34% 41.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 890 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1105 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 198 198 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 458 (C2) HDA temperature 74 64 154620002330	44.8% Average	Read 376 Write 196 Mixed 207 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 6.71 57% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 47.8 DQ Mixed 7.51 14% 27.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 93%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 815GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 135 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1468 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1180 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 467 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27902 (C2) HDA temperature 119 105 24 (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	80.5% Excellent	Read 147 Write 134 Mixed 126 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 526GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 92 187612648 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6068 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 52 829273568845 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8959 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5610 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 552 (BC) Unknown 100 93 9 (BD) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BE) vendor-specific 77 42 64811761687 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 758 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29491 (C2) HDA temperature 23 58 73014444055 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -135763916218209 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32060989351818 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -133836404263508	87.6% Excellent	Read 167 Write 139 Mixed 86.1 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.31 91% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.M16 2x8GB 2,915 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.7% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 16.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.4 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 61%

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Gaming 21%

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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	221x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $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 $40	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