MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7693
MotherboardMSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)  (all builds)
Memory14 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141216
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 15 '18 at 13:19
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
72.7% Very good
Memory 91.5
1-Core 74
2-Core 144
64% 103 Pts
4-Core 292
8-Core 450
46% 371 Pts
64-Core 450
28% 450 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 138
Parallax 117
107% 129 fps
MRender 98.4
Gravity 124
Splatting 107
90% 110 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 101%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z22000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 350 347 351 354 356 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
76.6% Very good
Read 491
Write 347
Mixed 240
SusWrite 350
80% 357 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 69.2
4K Mixed 14.2
92% 36.1 MB/s
DQ Read 175
DQ Write 222
DQ Mixed 83.7
95% 160 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 76.6%
Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130
1TB free
Firmware: CC4A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 130 124 128 122 125 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
69.9% Good
Read 118
Write 108
Mixed 59.7
SusWrite 126
75% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 69.9%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 1600LL Series 1600 CL9 Series 1600LL Series 16GB
800, 800, 800, 800 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
49.7% Average
MC Read 19.9
MC Write 15.4
MC Mixed 17.8
51% 17.7 GB/s
SC Read 10.7
SC Write 8.8
SC Mixed 13.2
31% 10.9 GB/s
Latency 64.9
62% 64.9 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 970 GAMING (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 2,303 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $289
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