MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	13.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 (42%). 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 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	12 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 05:59
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Memory 81.7 1-Core 61.3 2-Core 112 54% 84.9 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 326 33% 266 Pts	64-Core 332 20% 332 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Gigabyte(1458 3642) 2GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Lighting 16.4 Reflection 14 Parallax 14.7 13% 15 fps	MRender 20.3 Gravity 16.9 Splatting 15 14% 17.4 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 16%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 474GB free (System drive) Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 68 67 70 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 87.7 Write 65 Mixed 48.3 SusWrite 66.6 49% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.3% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 13.8 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 10.8 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 49%

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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 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) - $72

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	222x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	28x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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