MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.5% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	20.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141216
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 21:55
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	68% Good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 75.3 2-Core 143 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 438 42% 349 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.5% Below average	Lighting 46.1 Reflection 42.2 Parallax 39 38% 42.4 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 35.8 31% 38.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 238GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6867 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 800 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 73 46 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 281 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12882839964	60.4% Good	Read 486 Write 164 Mixed 290 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 17.8 99% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 37.9 DQ Write 51 DQ Mixed 17.6 21% 35.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 126%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 171 1933 (04) Start/Stop count 1 1 235472 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10390 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3060 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 5942 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2291 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1509784 (C2) HDA temperature 121 99 26 (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	36.2% Below average	Read 54.7 Write 71.6 Mixed 59.1 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.1 27% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ40EG8BFWB-JS-F Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX EBJ40EG8BFWB-JS-F Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 933, 800, 933, 800 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.9% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 16.4 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 12.1 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 47%

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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 $175Bench 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 $295	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 $40	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