MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160623
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '20 at 09:52
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 69.3 2-Core 150 60% 101 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 433 43% 351 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% PowerColor(148C 2391) CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 78.4 Parallax 107 64% 87.9 fps	MRender 76 Gravity 77.5 Splatting 64.3 59% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 124 156 140 94 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 470 Write 360 Mixed 261 SusWrite 152 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 35.5 4K Mixed 19.2 76% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 66.1 DQ Write 11.5 DQ Mixed 40.9 29% 39.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 56%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 686GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 125 125 125 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 127 Write 120 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 122 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.4 281% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.8% Average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 17.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.4 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 97%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 252 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	104x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	38x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	21x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	6x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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