MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.6% 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	64% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '18 at 21:58
Run Duration	346 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 (86^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 72.8 2-Core 123 59% 93.7 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 418 40% 327 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 68%

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)	34.6% Below average	Lighting 45.3 Reflection 42.2 Parallax 37.8 37% 41.8 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 39 Splatting 33.7 30% 37.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SS DSC2BW240H6 240GB 157 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5878 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 456 (AA) Unknown 88 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 32 100 42952491040 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 262844 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 53 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 88 100 0 (E9) Unknown 69 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 262844 (F2) Unknown 100 100 296281 (F9) Unknown 100 100 117610	64% Good	Read 403 Write 236 Mixed 271 67% 303 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 13.4 92% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 55 70% 124 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 447GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 236458512 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5636 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11088580 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 792 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 129 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20894 (C2) HDA temperature 34 47 38654705698 (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 -126770254704662 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26806338881627 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -124961281951526	104% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 190 Mixed 184 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.45 100% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 417GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 24879848 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5104 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 12904232671 (09) Power-on hours count 60 59 35812 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 846 (B7) Unknown 1 1 228 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065699 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 44 34949169187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5169 (C2) HDA temperature 35 56 42949672995 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 3 24879848 (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 -119443040479438 (F1) Unknown 100 253 231340380 (F2) Unknown 100 253 801760123	66.4% Good	Read 120 Write 112 Mixed 108 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.47 92% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Backup+ Desk Mac 3TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 303GB free Firmware: 0505 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 25 Write 0.82 9% 12.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 85GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56351784 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6131 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4115996 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13726 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 463 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 538902559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28128 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 34359738399 (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 -23630910059121 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10453843168 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14260845069	71.7% Very good	Read 115 Write 135 Mixed 136 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.26 98% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 29 Write 27.1 Mixed 27.4 36% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 0.14 4K Mixed 0.07 8% 0.09 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C16 4x8GB 991 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45% Average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 16.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.2 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 61%

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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 $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	410x
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	140x

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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