MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 24% Surfboard


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 light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	74.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 19:05
Run Duration	275 Seconds
Run User	DOM-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	57.3% Above average	Memory 84.9 1-Core 45.1 2-Core 83.7 48% 71.2 Pts	4-Core 163 8-Core 243 25% 203 Pts	64-Core 233 14% 233 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.8% Very good	Lighting 86.4 Reflection 108 Parallax 108 70% 101 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 403 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 443 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393240 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 64 61 167505231908 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1762 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1526 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6740 (F4) Unknown 100 100 6 (F5) Unknown 100 100 24 (F6) Unknown 100 100 456640	71.1% Very good	Read 499 Write 427 Mixed 462 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 12.6 60% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 62.1 74% 128 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 532GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 141233715 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 176 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6903603 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 365 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (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 69 64 538837023 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 188 (C2) HDA temperature 31 20 85899345951 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 141233715 (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 126929168498956 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1162630720 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1840183966	99.6% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 172 Mixed 131 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.3 108% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 113%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 71GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 29.6 Write 29 Mixed 29.3 38% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.37 68% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 42%
Generic USB Flash Disk 8GB 1,201 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.88% Terrible	Read 23.6 Write 7.24 Mixed 8.85 14% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.06 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.01 26% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.88% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown B7P40-0049-QBEX. B4F90-0034-QBEX 6GB 667, 667 MHz 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.8% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 12 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 8.4 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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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 $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