MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics104% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7693
MotherboardMSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151221
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 28 '18 at 01:42
Run Duration200 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 16%

 PC Performing as expected (54th 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 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
71.7% Very good
Memory 93.4
1-Core 79.8
2-Core 160
67% 111 Pts
4-Core 272
8-Core 472
45% 372 Pts
64-Core 498
31% 498 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
MSI(1462 3603) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.70
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 181
Parallax 195
101% 167 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 180
Splatting 122
114% 141 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 104%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 248GB
84GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 370 404 276 270 266 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 496
Write 437
Mixed 447
SusWrite 326
96% 427 MB/s
4K Read 43.8
4K Write 83.7
4K Mixed 54.6
181% 60.7 MB/s
DQ Read 281
DQ Write 209
DQ Mixed 6.4
70% 166 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 107%
Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68
640GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP70
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 140 166 172 165 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
86.2% Excellent
Read 149
Write 177
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 150
91% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 2.1
384% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 86.2%
Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36
267GB free
Firmware: CC38
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 121 124 125 125 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
69.8% Good
Read 120
Write 120
Mixed 68
SusWrite 123
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1
172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 69.8%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz
Performing below potential (31st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
53.5% Above average
MC Read 22.3
MC Write 15.8
MC Mixed 19.3
55% 19.1 GB/s
SC Read 11.5
SC Write 9.1
SC Mixed 13.9
33% 11.5 GB/s
Latency 61.3
65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 53.5%
Great: 72%

 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 2,302 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
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Desktop
Desktop 69%
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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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