MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	41.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	May 12 '20 at 17:48
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	42%

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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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 35.6 2-Core 150 56% 93.4 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 442 45% 364 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (85^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (139 fps cap detected)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 137 Parallax 139 113% 138 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 139 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 31 105 60 20 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 352 Write 117 Mixed 132 SusWrite 52.9 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 18.7 74% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 18.7 DQ Write 39.5 DQ Mixed 21.8 19% 26.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 96GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 59 59 52 60 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 213 Write 94 Mixed 79 SusWrite 58 24% 111 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 18.5 4K Mixed 10.7 44% 14.2 MB/s	DQ Read 9.5 DQ Write 15.3 DQ Mixed 12.3 9% 12.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 102%
Seagate ST3250823AS 250GB-$99 5,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 165GB free Firmware: 3.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 59 59 52 60 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 61 Write 14 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 57.8 31% 41.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 37%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 744GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 34 105 60 21 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 107 Write 98.5 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 54.1 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,487 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 14.3 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 86%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	221x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	77x

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 $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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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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