MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 35% Jet ski	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.3%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	39.1% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 06:19
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD FX-6300-$60 141,200 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	40.3% Average	SC Int 63.6 SC Float 56.9 SC Mixed 60.6 48% 60.4 Pts	QC Int 203 QC Float 184 QC Mixed 197 44% 195 Pts	MC Int 238 MC Float 202 MC Mixed 235 34% 225 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$170 47,921 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Lighting 119 Reflection 128 Parallax 150 40% 132 fps	MRender 90.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 71.9 38% 88.6 fps
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 48%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$40 1,051,015 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 703GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 122 134 135 128 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 135 Write 129 Mixed 67 SusWrite 125 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 51,128 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	44.1% Average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 17.3 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 11.7 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 87.8 46% 87.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) - $102

CPU
FX-8350AMD $70Bench 55%, 179,377 samples	8,436x
FX-6300AMD $60Bench 46%, 141,200 samples	3,906x
FX-8320AMD $95Bench 51%, 62,101 samples	2,327x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $230Bench 71%, 513,955 samples	1,728x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 40%, 203,215 samples	1,691x
GTX 970Nvidia $374Bench 63%, 449,864 samples	1,645x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 105%, 360,609 samples	1,308x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $34Bench 52%, 156,133 samples	930x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 308,458 samples	580x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 51,128 samples	1,287x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 50%, 20,231 samples	662x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 56%, 27,811 samples	374x

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Total price: $502

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $366	Nvidia GTX 1070 $379	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $159	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $85
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $115	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $93

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $95	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $711	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $100	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12