MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% 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 Drive	75% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160623
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '19 at 00:20
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 76.1 2-Core 151 66% 107 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 465 48% 386 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2862 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 188 Parallax 187 118% 173 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 185 Splatting 122 117% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 182 181 183 182 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 329 Write 266 Mixed 261 SusWrite 189 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 32 131% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 163 143% 212 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 88%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 236 232 235 235 230 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 76% Great: 136%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 123GB 3,622 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 111GB free, PID 5583, Supersonic Rage 2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 27 27 25 25 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 135 Write 40.3 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 29.9 74% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1.1 80% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 37%
Patriot Memory 127GB 473 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 114GB free, PID 6000 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 285 Write 195 Mixed 143 244% 208 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.2 77% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1067 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.6% Above average	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.4 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 88%

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

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Typical 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 252 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	104x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	38x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	21x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	6x

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Total price: $226

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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) $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