MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.7% 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	34.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	0.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130328
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 06 '18 at 06:54
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.75 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 60.6 2-Core 115 57% 88.5 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 283 32% 250 Pts	64-Core 282 18% 282 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.7% Below average	Lighting 45.1 Reflection 42 Parallax 43 37% 43.4 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 39.2 Splatting 35.2 31% 37.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 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 95 95 73565114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -129476084093733 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2403 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 414 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 50 38657982491 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 38657982491 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 73565114 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 73565114 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 73565114 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16866 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15775 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15775 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17605	34.1% Below average	Read 156 Write 149 Mixed 103 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 8.19 57% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 14.4 DQ Write 84.6 DQ Mixed 8.77 19% 35.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 139GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3891 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7311 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23542 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5106 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7169 (C2) HDA temperature 113 93 30 (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	64.2% Good	Read 110 Write 114 Mixed 32.3 62% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.28 79% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 69%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 129GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 250 186 2491 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9276 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6173 (BE) vendor-specific 61 29 39 (C2) HDA temperature 111 79 39 (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	32.5% Below average	Read 55 Write 57.8 Mixed 22.3 33% 45 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 8,627 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.6% Poor	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 8.8 27% 9.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 8.4 25% 8.83 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 71%

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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 $38Bench 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 $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 $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 $40	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