MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.7% 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	75.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 11:31
Run Duration	338 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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)	65.4% Good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 63.7 2-Core 115 58% 90.3 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 276 32% 246 Pts	64-Core 299 18% 299 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E258) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 25.2 Reflection 28.6 Parallax 34 21% 29.3 fps	MRender 24.1 Gravity 22.9 Splatting 28.3 21% 25.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8376 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3411 (B1) Unknown 95 95 50 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 44 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 83 (EB) Unknown 99 99 793 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34008746099	75.5% Very good	Read 489 Write 323 Mixed 338 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 22.2 104% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 94 DQ Mixed 46.2 54% 94.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 407GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 185141530 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13952 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 103304315 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21374 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 12 (0C) Power cycle count 94 37 6797 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 214 (BE) vendor-specific 71 44 43437588509 (C2) HDA temperature 29 56 30064771101 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 21 185141530 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 11 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -23622320107092 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2782297707 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4078848374	43% Average	Read 73.4 Write 76.5 Mixed 68.6 55% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.31 70% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 70%
Seagate ST31500343AS 1.5TB 194 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 159GB free Firmware: SD35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 235164926 (03) Spinup time 90 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 17394 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 38 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 129112135 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 70 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7945 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 201866543154 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 103 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 504692766 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 21474836510 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 20 235164926 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 155 10348	53.1% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 90.4 Mixed 89.1 69% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.32 76% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 70%
USB DISK 3.0 253GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 235GB free, PID 5000, EMTEC HIGHWAY SSD 256GB 3.0 USB Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 226 Write 60 Mixed 103 137% 130 MB/s	4K Read 8.35 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 1.37 113% 3.59 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 69%
Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 500GB 1,370 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 89GB free, PID 3000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 28.8 Write 28.4 Mixed 10.9 27% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.19 60% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 17%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 31.1 Write 18.9 Mixed 23.2 29% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.17 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 1.3 153% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.6% Average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 16.5 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 12.1 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 67%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

Surfboard

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 $129Bench 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 $37Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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