MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	67.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (24%). 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 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '19 at 13:25
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th 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 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41.6% Average	Memory 68.4 1-Core 23.8 2-Core 46.7 34% 46.3 Pts	4-Core 83.4 8-Core 119 13% 101 Pts	64-Core 135 8% 135 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 41.6% 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 377A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.81 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.2% Good	Lighting 56.8 Reflection 72.3 Parallax 172 46% 100 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 162 Splatting 120 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 65 44 41 35 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 433 Write 158 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 51.8 38% 177 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 10.8 4K Mixed 17.2 52% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 149 106% 134 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 107%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 353GB free Firmware: SBFKB1C2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 242 195 291 188 288 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.8% Average	Read 134 Write 88.5 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 237 31% 137 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 25.4 59% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 80.3 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 55.1 60% 98.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 699GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 157 157 154 156 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 154 Write 142 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 156 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 109%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 300GB free, PID 10a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 91 90 88 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 84.3 Write 85.2 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 89.6 104% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1067 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.2% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 12.5 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 8.7 19% 6.63 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 86%

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

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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 $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	411x
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	140x

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 $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