MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.5% 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	85.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '17 at 00:16
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 143 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 434 43% 353 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 2054 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 69.3 Parallax 90.6 54% 75.6 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 57.8 52% 63.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS12 11 240GB SSD 754 53 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 280 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 894 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 170 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 100 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 685 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 96 (E7) Temperature 100 100 43 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3 (EA) Unknown 0 0 35 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3048 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3579	85.7% Excellent	Read 462 Write 293 Mixed 354 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 34.3 128% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 66.8 94% 174 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 83%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 43GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -8418134987174 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2712 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1530 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 102 102 4959241 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1530 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 462011 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 48 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 462011 (F2) Unknown 100 100 428961 (F9) Unknown 100 100 15878	74.7% Very good	Read 519 Write 162 Mixed 242 67% 308 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 18.3 123% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 50.6 76% 146 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 88%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1TB free Firmware: GG15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 50 231896101 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 476 (05) Reallocated sector count 91 91 385 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8320001 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1204 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 439 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 63 63 37 (BC) Unknown 100 84 21475164182 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 59 53 690421801 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 261 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 869 (C2) HDA temperature 41 47 81604378665 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 25 231896101 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	66.4% Good	Read 121 Write 110 Mixed 111 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.65 146% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 74%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 281GB free Firmware: MX6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 146 146 21498560936 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1529 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3244 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 716 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1529 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1529 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 197569740837 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 169 Mixed 100 112% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.2 86% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	52.7% Above average	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 62%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	960x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	410x
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	140x

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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