MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 00:58
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.45 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 77.3 2-Core 154 64% 106 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 465 47% 383 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 67.8 63% 74 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 69.3 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521A SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 147 150 144 133 133 MB/s Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.8% Good	Read 226 Write 180 Mixed 209 SusWrite 144 43% 190 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 37.6 132% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 189 134% 168 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 64GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 85 85 84 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 90.3 Write 88 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 84.8 61% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1 171% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 68%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 73GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 66 66 67 67 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 107 Write 44.5 Mixed 59 SusWrite 66.2 51% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3400620AS 400GB-$55 3,016 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 372GB free Firmware: 3.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 75 74 75 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 75.5 Write 53.5 Mixed 49 SusWrite 74.5 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-511.A00LF Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 9905403-511.A00LF Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.7% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 16 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 12.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical 970 GAMING (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 2,303 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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