MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	42.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 14 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '18 at 17:42
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	58% Above average	Memory 78.8 1-Core 75.7 2-Core 136 59% 96.9 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 228 29% 222 Pts	64-Core 293 18% 293 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4305104617 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32478542696241 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 641 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 61 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 48 94492426277 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 94492426277 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 105 105 4305104617 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 105 105 4305104617 (CC) Soft ECC correction 105 105 4305104617 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 47244640257 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10579 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7269 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7269 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5350 (F4) Unknown 98 98 7340111	42.2% Average	Read 237 Write 123 Mixed 152 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 11.7 78% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 85.3 DQ Mixed 29 30% 47.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016)-$32 16,451 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 70GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 87632664 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1028 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3291143 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 221 (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 64 57 606273572 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6939 (C2) HDA temperature 36 43 103079215140 (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 10638633992533 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2963723862 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23653520370	75.9% Very good	Read 145 Write 120 Mixed 126 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.21 88% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 114%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 120GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 138 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1889 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5332 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 972 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1757 (C2) HDA temperature 105 97 38 (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	73.4% Very good	Read 125 Write 131 Mixed 130 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-028.A00LF 9905474-050.A00LF 9905471-017.A00LF 14GB 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.3% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 14.6 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.9 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns

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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