MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 60.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '16 at 23:48
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.4% Good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 67.7 2-Core 126 57% 92.3 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 275 31% 244 Pts	64-Core 278 17% 278 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 85.3 Parallax 75.2 66% 80.4 fps	MRender 81.1 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 68.9 61% 75 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD29604G0016100 960GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 665GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 39 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 229 (A3) Unknown 100 100 45 (A4) Unknown 100 100 6675 (A5) Unknown 100 100 10 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 7659 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 64635 (F2) Unknown 100 100 58281 (F5) Unknown 100 100 106800	77.7% Very good	Read 481 Write 423 Mixed 455 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 18.4 91% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 58.6 64% 105 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 81%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 76 66 7521 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2436 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12855 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 901 (B5) Unknown 99 99 22793756 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 18460 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 180389478429 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 44 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2457	65.4% Good	Read 108 Write 120 Mixed 117 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.48 99% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 437GB free Firmware: 1AA01107 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 78 78 7430 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3477 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11251 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 20854 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 21 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1255 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 471597084 (C2) HDA temperature 71 57 488374301 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 149921 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0	65.9% Good	Read 108 Write 121 Mixed 104 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.42 120% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 62%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 211GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7741 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4491 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30548 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1622 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4380 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.9% Very good	Read 153 Write 122 Mixed 119 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.4 113% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 76%
WD My Book 1130 2TB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 557GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 84 Write 79.2 Mixed 49.7 88% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.17 65% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 1,941 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.7% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 15.1 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 12.5 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 54%

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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 $129Bench 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

Total price: $257

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