MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.7% 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	63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130328
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '18 at 21:29
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 66 2-Core 129 59% 94.7 Pts	4-Core 209 8-Core 209 28% 209 Pts	64-Core 208 13% 208 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2660) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 24.2 Reflection 23.4 Parallax 30.3 20% 26 fps	MRender 32.9 Gravity 27.7 Splatting 24.3 23% 28.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS2754D117-514 480GB 1,168 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS211101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^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 100 100 161 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46522 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 11 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 152 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 99 (E7) Temperature 100 100 33 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3077 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2486	63.1% Good	Read 382 Write 344 Mixed 254 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 16.5 82% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 76.1 DQ Mixed 18.3 24% 40.8 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 106%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10 (03) Spinup time 175 173 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 34 34 66699 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 29 (07) Seek error rate 200 192 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 34 34 66126 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 37 37 491751 (C2) HDA temperature 118 91 29 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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	72.9% Very good	Read 126 Write 128 Mixed 91.3 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.18 90% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 2x8GB 4,851 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.4% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 69%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

Surfboard

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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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