MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 53%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	43.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 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	45.3% 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 04:58
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	53% Above average	Memory 78.8 1-Core 57.7 2-Core 92.5 50% 76.3 Pts	4-Core 156 8-Core 180 22% 168 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1342 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.8% Average	Lighting 58 Reflection 59.9 Parallax 74.6 47% 64.2 fps	MRender 43.3 Gravity 58.6 Splatting 36.7 37% 46.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4350 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 663 (B1) Unknown 95 95 24 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 50 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 91 91 8100 (EB) Unknown 99 99 227 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17590866081	45.3% Average	Read 342 Write 203 Mixed 200 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 23.3 4K Mixed 9.93 62% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.4 DQ Write 26.2 DQ Mixed 9.82 12% 20.8 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 123%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 107GB free Firmware: BD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 93 6835893 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8176 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 39 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 845564121 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28689 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 227 (0C) Power cycle count 95 37 6024 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 77310591016 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 946 (BE) vendor-specific 63 46 621805605 (C2) HDA temperature 37 54 47244640293 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 16 6835893 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 177 155980	35.9% Below average	Read 57.9 Write 67.3 Mixed 75.5 51% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.2 57% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 14.7 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 9.8 23% 8.2 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 64%

Destroyer

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 $129Bench 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 $37Bench 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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Total price: $215

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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