MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 51%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 12:02
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51% Above average	Memory 73.3 1-Core 51.2 2-Core 97.9 47% 74.1 Pts	4-Core 161 8-Core 206 24% 183 Pts	64-Core 227 14% 227 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 853B) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.72% Terrible	Lighting 0.9 Reflection 0.81 Parallax 0.44 1% 0.72 fps	MRender 0.86 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 0.87 1% 0.84 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.72% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 727GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 123806224 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 56 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 337067 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 52 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (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 61 52 656080935 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 197 (C2) HDA temperature 39 48 60129542183 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -121100897877995 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2430913731 (F2) Unknown 100 253 468672271	71.1% Very good	Read 140 Write 108 Mixed 118 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 167 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1959 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1788 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 593 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 74705 (C2) HDA temperature 102 92 41 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 95 95 4214 (F1) Unknown 200 200 123035617988 (F2) Unknown 200 200 137782230285	83.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 144 Mixed 86.7 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.33 125% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 63 46678729 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1420 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10975647 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1496 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 559 (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 50 45 840695858 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1422 (C2) HDA temperature 50 12 51539607602 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 46678729 (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 -68977174772680 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6602313273 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9852612475	46.1% Average	Read 74.4 Write 86.3 Mixed 86.8 62% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.34 76% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 113%
Dell Portable 1TB 563 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 25.5 Write 28.9 Mixed 26.9 20% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.25 62% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 4,460 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 8 23% 8.17 GB/s	SC Read 3.4 SC Write 3.3 SC Mixed 4.8 11% 3.83 GB/s	Latency 93.9 43% 93.9 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 34%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) - $72

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	221x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	28x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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