MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	64.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 05:33
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 89 1-Core 73.6 2-Core 134 62% 98.8 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 436 40% 334 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Lighting 81.1 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 68.6 66% 76.4 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 74 Splatting 76 61% 73.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 896GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160367440 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 334 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 112752635 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2340 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032841 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 521666591 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 591 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 47244640287 (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 62934155790627 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17369415284 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29723454207	96.6% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 154 Mixed 162 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.25 70% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 489GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 4391 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1979 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 659 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1873 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 31 (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 81 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.2% Very good	Read 152 Write 116 Mixed 113 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.48 142% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 76%
WD My Book Elite 1TB 763 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 190GB free, PID 1111 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 31.1 Write 27.9 Mixed 21.2 33% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.3 69% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-160.A00LF 99U5403-160.A00LF 99U5471-050.A00LF 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 800, 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.4% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 13.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 47%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $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