MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 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	69.7% 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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '19 at 16:57
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$75 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 73.9 2-Core 136 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 446 42% 350 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 285-$189 6,276 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Sapphire(174B E306) CLim: 965 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 44.1 Reflection 49.8 Parallax 51.9 36% 48.6 fps	MRender 49.3 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 37.4 34% 41.8 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 241 247 255 190 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 418 Write 264 Mixed 206 SusWrite 214 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 27 97% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 120 118% 190 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 101GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 139 139 138 140 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 136 Write 89.5 Mixed 61 SusWrite 139 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 35GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 36 36 36 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 36 Write 36 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 35.1 23% 31.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 CML4GX3M1X1600C7 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.2% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.1 28% 9.87 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 9.5 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 44%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	223x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	100x
FX-8320AMD $75Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	78x

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 $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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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Value: 76% - Very good

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $29	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