MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '18 at 01:07
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 68.1 2-Core 140 60% 98.4 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 416 40% 331 Pts	64-Core 397 24% 397 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 9460) CLim: 1220 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	Lighting 29.8 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 36.1 24% 32.4 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 27.4 Splatting 34.5 26% 30.8 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
V-32 32GB 136 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 14GB free Firmware: Q0111A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 100 100 124 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 681 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 54 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 14 (A4) Unknown 100 100 18114 (A5) Unknown 100 100 58 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 99 99 99 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10141 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14193 (F5) Unknown 100 100 35161	24.1% Poor	Read 124 Write 54.1 Mixed 73.3 18% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 2.16 52% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 52.9 DQ Mixed 8.18 15% 28.1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 29%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 789GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 669 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 515 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1168 (C2) HDA temperature 112 102 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	97.4% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 165 Mixed 152 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.41 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.37 151% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 651GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 426 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 526 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 336 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 612 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	96.4% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 159 Mixed 143 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.24 98% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 117GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 160 4800 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3893 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5488 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3690 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 577 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3891 (C2) HDA temperature 114 90 33 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42% Average	Read 78.9 Write 67.1 Mixed 72.9 55% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.37 98% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 62%
Toshiba MQ01ABD032 320GB-$50 10,446 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 112GB free Firmware: AX001A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st 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 1039 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1680 (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 98 98 1107 (0A) Spinup retry count 133 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 912 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 13482 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 193273331743 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 656 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 251 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	40.7% Average	Read 72.4 Write 69.2 Mixed 68.2 53% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.19 58% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 RMR1870EC58E9F1333 Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9 HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.1% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 14.7 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11.6 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 43%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $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