MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '18 at 21:40
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 72.4 2-Core 137 62% 99.7 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 433 41% 340 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 78.6 Reflection 77.6 Parallax 71.4 64% 75.9 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 70.3 58% 70.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 788GB free (System drive) Firmware: X35510RL 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 253 100 2948 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 806 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21491810528 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 32 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 45 193274249246 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 158919360597 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6518 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9508 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7726 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6856 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	51.6% Above average	Read 350 Write 215 Mixed 203 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 32.7 4K Mixed 13 66% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 76.6 DQ Mixed 38.5 49% 89.1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 865GB free Firmware: MS2OA610 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 73 (03) Spinup time 122 122 12897091774 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4700 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4492 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1882 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4728 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4728 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 176094183457 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 19 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 178 Mixed 171 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.18 80% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 99%
BUFFALO HD-LXU3 1TB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 680GB free, PID 01f7 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 166 Write 167 Mixed 61.8 159% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G Corsair CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 933, 667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.6% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 51%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

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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 $273	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 $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 $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