MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '19 at 14:31
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 77 2-Core 156 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 449 45% 365 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2112 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 118 Parallax 99.7 92% 110 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 105 Splatting 106 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S4 1024GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4140000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 250 198 187 120 98 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 489 Write 453 Mixed 258 SusWrite 192 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 41.2 139% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 214 173% 245 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 537GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 120 121 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 125 Write 117 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 120 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 68%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 149GB free Firmware: AX0A1U SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 103 105 103 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 40.1 SusWrite 102 62% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 62%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 149GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 106 106 106 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 136 Write 139 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 106 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 110%
Seagate ST9120315AS 120GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 112GB free Firmware: 0002CE02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 75 74 74 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 74.4 Write 70.4 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 74.4 47% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.7% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 18.6 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 72%

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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 $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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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