MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.05% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160623
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '18 at 16:04
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.2% Above average	Memory 85.5 1-Core 38.4 2-Core 83.4 47% 69.1 Pts	4-Core 179 8-Core 195 25% 187 Pts	64-Core 194 12% 194 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 440 14,286 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 838A) 1GB CLim: 822 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	4.05% Terrible	Lighting 4.93 Reflection 5.88 Parallax 1.31 4% 4.04 fps	MRender 7.38 Gravity 5.13 Splatting 3.39 4% 5.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.05% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^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 8789 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 594 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 71 (AE) Unknown 100 100 108 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 55 193274708000 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 16848826933 (F7) Unknown 100 100 528397731 (F8) Unknown 100 100 659310592	82.1% Excellent	Read 508 Write 323 Mixed 390 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 29.6 114% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 47.4 67% 124 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54278896 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1775 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3379745 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3879 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 321 (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 72 58 571605020 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8227 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 68719476764 (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 56311316218890 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3260521032 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3187798068	57.9% Above average	Read 119 Write 83.4 Mixed 106 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.51 4K Mixed 0.25 57% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 153GB free Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 176 6058 (04) Start/Stop count 44 44 56101 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 48 48 52358 (C0) Power-off retract count 132 132 51383 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 56101 (C2) HDA temperature 125 99 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 1 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 1 0	36.9% Below average	Read 67.4 Write 60.6 Mixed 62.5 48% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.36 107% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 51%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 230GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 29 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 68 9096 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5953 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23633 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1639 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 10810479 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 197569151004 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 1028582 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5997	68.3% Good	Read 100 Write 138 Mixed 91.6 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.58 133% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 75%
Maxtor 6 L200M0 204GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 22GB free Firmware: BANC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 205 193 11707 (04) Start/Stop count 249 249 8964 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 5 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 240 33785 (09) Power-on hours count 137 137 56818 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 205 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 247 247 2690 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 253 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 235 11745 (C4) Reallocation count 248 248 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 248 248 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 2 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 212 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 240 240 165 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	18.7% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 32.9 Mixed 32.7 24% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.46 124% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-173.A00LF 9905403-442.A00LF 9905403-173.A00LF 9905403-442.A00LF 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.2% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.1 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 7.2 19% 6.63 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 33%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	105x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	38x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	21x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	6x

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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