MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.8% 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	54.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 00:25
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 70.6 2-Core 144 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 333 37% 291 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% PwrHis(1787 201C) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Lighting 37.7 Reflection 33.9 Parallax 49.3 31% 40.3 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 31.3 Splatting 39.4 28% 33.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD 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 100 100 3328 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5294 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 362 (64) Unknown 100 100 2080432 (65) Unknown 100 100 206960 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 118 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 1274 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 664 (B7) Unknown 100 100 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 210454708252 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3328 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 3328 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3771 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1077 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2992 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2342 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3328	54.4% Above average	Read 470 Write 190 Mixed 187 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 29.4 4K Mixed 10.6 66% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 76.4 DQ Mixed 27.4 42% 81.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 774GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3018 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10947 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2974 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3001 (C2) HDA temperature 119 93 24 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	105% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 180 Mixed 168 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.85 4K Mixed 0.27 124% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 106GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 178 3941 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1642 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18133 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1383 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 253 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1389 (C2) HDA temperature 121 86 26 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	66.3% Good	Read 136 Write 95.2 Mixed 110 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.38 100% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 76%
Wd5003abyx-88 LEN 500GB 438 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 84GB free Firmware: WC33 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 716 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16182 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 716 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 520 (C2) HDA temperature 117 88 26 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.5% Average	Read 91.1 Write 80.9 Mixed 87.1 65% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.47 129% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 16.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.9 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $132	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