MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% 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	78.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '19 at 22:34
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 78.8 2-Core 158 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 474 46% 380 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 172 Parallax 158 115% 157 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 161 Splatting 114 105% 129 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231 SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 257 263 209 169 152 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 434 Write 278 Mixed 210 SusWrite 216 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 31.8 123% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 123 119% 190 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 32GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 137 136 136 137 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 106 Write 72.2 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 136 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 165GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 85 87 86 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 90.8 Write 91.5 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 86.1 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1067 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.2% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.7 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 81%

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

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	963x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	413x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	264x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	167x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	150x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	48x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	35x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16