MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 61.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.5% 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	64.5% 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.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151208
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '17 at 07:14
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 69.1 2-Core 129 59% 94.5 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 286 32% 248 Pts	64-Core 286 18% 286 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.5% Below average	Lighting 49.7 Reflection 7.62 Parallax 9.19 40% 22.2 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 19 23% 29 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2474 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 323 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2048737346095 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 20 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 43 244813135911 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 798874337466 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1334 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2617 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1705 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1705 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.5% Good	Read 502 Write 339 Mixed 190 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 2.12 63% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 5.79 45% 105 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 277GB free Firmware: HP64 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137896947 (03) Spinup time 100 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3288 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 32 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 410098529 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3172 (B4) Unknown 100 100 539304931 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 13 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 43454234653 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 -140737488355299 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 7 137896947 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 32 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.4% Good	Read 113 Write 98 Mixed 93.7 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.47 99% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4M1 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16JTF51264AZ-1G4M1 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.4% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 12.6 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 50%

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Typical 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 253 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	105x
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 $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16