MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 41.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	53.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '17 at 18:25
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Memory 68.3 1-Core 24.3 2-Core 44.9 33% 45.8 Pts	4-Core 80.2 8-Core 107 12% 93.8 Pts	64-Core 111 7% 111 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.1% Above average	Lighting 52.3 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 103 43% 74.9 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 81.1 74% 90.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 120GB-$70 304 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6108701 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -131924215463729 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 6 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 38 49 1013615493158 (C2) HDA temperature 38 49 1013615493158 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6108701 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6108701 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6108701 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 740 (EA) Unknown 0 0 893 (F1) Unknown 0 0 893 (F2) Unknown 0 0 946	37.9% Below average	Read 318 Write 103 Mixed 153 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 8.55 55% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 72.9 DQ Write 61.8 DQ Mixed 28 32% 54.2 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 238628608 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1825 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 72906221 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3800 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1323 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 39176372255 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 299 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12089 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 -140737488355297 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 68337224649396 (F1) Unknown 100 253 60069050355 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33040190193	104% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 184 Mixed 165 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.31 97% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	31.3% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 12.6 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 7.5 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 86%

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Gaming 23%

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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 $175Bench 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

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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