MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 26.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	35.1% 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	19.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '19 at 01:09
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	97%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Memory 27.5 1-Core 57.6 2-Core 71.6 30% 52.2 Pts	4-Core 143 8-Core 194 21% 169 Pts	64-Core 302 19% 302 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.1% Below average	Lighting 46.8 Reflection 44.3 Parallax 40.7 38% 43.9 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 36.1 Splatting 34.2 29% 35.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK10D7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 26 20 19 21 34 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	19.5% Very poor	Read 45.8 Write 151 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 36.8 14% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 9.4 4K Write 18.2 4K Mixed 9.6 36% 12.4 MB/s	DQ Read 77.6 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 111 80% 102 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 112GB free Firmware: SBFK10D7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 80 65 65 66 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 349 Write 304 Mixed 253 SusWrite 100 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 42.6 4K Mixed 21.2 83% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 151 122% 173 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 928GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 131 132 132 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 119 Write 124 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 130 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 594GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 143 144 142 143 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 136 Write 139 Mixed 63 SusWrite 142 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 114%
General USB Flash Disk 16GB 7,914 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 10GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 7.1 6.6 7 7.2 7.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	2.88% Terrible	Read 8.5 Write 3.2 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 6.8 8% 6.55 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 3% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 2.88% Great: 15%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 201GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 25 26 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 24.5 Write 25 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 25.1 32% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix MT351U6CFR8C-PB HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.9% Very poor	MC Read 4.4 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 6.5 18% 6.23 GB/s	SC Read 3.1 SC Write 0.9 SC Mixed 1 5% 1.67 GB/s	Latency 270 15% 270 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 31%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	412x
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	141x

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

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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