MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37% 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	76.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141216
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 02:12
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 68 2-Core 129 58% 93.5 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 380 38% 308 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 48.4 Reflection 31.9 Parallax 60.1 40% 46.8 fps	MRender 30.8 Gravity 47 Splatting 39.7 32% 39.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^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 100 100 716 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1994 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 71 (A3) Unknown 100 100 20 (A4) Unknown 100 100 59495 (A5) Unknown 100 100 112 (A6) Unknown 100 100 13 (A7) Unknown 100 100 56 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 64 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 91056 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 250059 (F2) Unknown 100 100 603444 (F5) Unknown 100 100 475960	76.1% Very good	Read 493 Write 349 Mixed 430 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 29.7 95% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 93.2 DQ Mixed 59.7 60% 97.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 174GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 187338856 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2288 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19591668 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1979 (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 81 45 319946771 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 56 56 88509 (C2) HDA temperature 19 55 38654705683 (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 10853382359677 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11650079947 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50873007175	77.8% Very good	Read 154 Write 117 Mixed 161 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.16 70% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-8500CL7-4GBRL F3-10666CL9-8GBXL 12GB 533, 667 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 6.4 20% 6.93 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 6.9 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns

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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 $15	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