MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	19.5% 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	The 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '18 at 19:08
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Memory 75.3 1-Core 27.4 2-Core 53.7 37% 52.1 Pts	4-Core 95.4 8-Core 151 15% 123 Pts	64-Core 159 10% 159 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3753) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Lighting 24.2 Reflection 18.6 Parallax 22.2 20% 21.7 fps	MRender 27.2 Gravity 25.5 Splatting 18.9 19% 23.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 19%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 603GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 71 12 7.6 3.8 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 147 Write 125 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 25.7 61% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.1 173% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 5,347 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 14.6 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 10 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 89.8 44% 89.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	960x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	410x
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	140x

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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