MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 31.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.97% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 01:27
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	31.1% Below average	Memory 42.8 1-Core 23.6 2-Core 43.6 25% 36.7 Pts	4-Core 106 8-Core 176 17% 141 Pts	64-Core 198 12% 198 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 66%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce 7100 GS 341 User benchmarks, average bench 0% XFX(1682 2234) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 309.8 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.07% Terrible	Lighting 0.13 Reflection 0.23 Parallax 0.09 0% 0.15 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.07% Great: 0%
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 3530) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 309.8 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.97% Terrible	Lighting 1.03 Reflection 2.15 Parallax 0.47 1% 1.22 fps	MRender 2.14 Gravity 0.77 Splatting 1.61 1% 1.51 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.97% Great: 1%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	Read 275 Write 73 Mixed 169 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 9.4 4K Write 19 4K Mixed 13.4 42% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 108 84% 115 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 77%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 116GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 184 Write 91.3 Mixed 79.5 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-198.A00LF EWB4GB681CA3-16IC 8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 6.8 22% 7.63 GB/s	SC Read 2.9 SC Write 3.5 SC Mixed 3.5 9% 3.3 GB/s	Latency 190 21% 190 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 28%

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

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	412x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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