MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 15% 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 58.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.8% 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	65.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '16 at 02:43
Run Duration	389 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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 Phenom II X6 1035T 2,528 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Memory 88.4 1-Core 45.9 2-Core 90.4 50% 74.9 Pts	4-Core 154 8-Core 230 24% 192 Pts	64-Core 230 14% 230 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Sapphire(174B E271) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Lighting 36.7 Reflection 34.7 Parallax 47.2 30% 39.5 fps	MRender 30.8 Gravity 34.4 Splatting 41 30% 35.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 135354682 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -89867895701477 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 35 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 35 85901639706 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 135354682 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 135354682 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 135354682 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 229 (EA) Unknown 0 0 366 (F1) Unknown 0 0 366 (F2) Unknown 0 0 159	65.1% Good	Read 478 Write 251 Mixed 343 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 12 84% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 10.9 46% 101 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 100 5082016 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 26993 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (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 75 68 538181657 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 85899345945 (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 87316685127681 (F1) Unknown 100 253 860831263 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3139633	99.6% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 168 Mixed 171 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85970328 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 67 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 81595 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (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 73 45 538378267 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 245 (C2) HDA temperature 27 55 81604378651 (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 2473901162525 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1217416570 (F2) Unknown 100 253 63076273	98.8% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 176 Mixed 161 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 113%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC95 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 83 128249649 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 8823316640 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3737 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3507 (BC) Unknown 100 94 128850985072 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 42 288317964315 (C2) HDA temperature 27 58 42949672987 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 30 128249649 (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 -40943923207691 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2257664215 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1466966160	43.8% Average	Read 78.8 Write 73.4 Mixed 78.9 58% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.52 118% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 184262592 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 77 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1433531 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 148 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 74 43 21962817562 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 220 (C2) HDA temperature 26 57 90194313242 (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 102383430402077 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4252934249 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5574387728
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 201 178 4941 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1629 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12024 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1269 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 922 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 138 138 186395 (C2) HDA temperature 121 100 29 (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 1	54.8% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 100 Mixed 97 72% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.37 82% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 57%
Seagate Expansion+ 1TB 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 794GB free Firmware: 0502 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 100 Write 116 Mixed 111 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 71%
LaCie d2 quadra 1TB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 931GB free, PID null Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	7.21% Terrible	Read 25.9 Write 7.05 Mixed 7.96 14% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.31 32% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 7.21% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 9,885 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.7% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 11.7 32% 11 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.5 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 69%

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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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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