MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	11.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	67.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '20 at 19:52
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 69.8 2-Core 123 61% 95.2 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 413 40% 326 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% MSI(1462 2710) 1GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Lighting 14.5 Reflection 18.3 Parallax 23.3 12% 18.7 fps	MRender 14.5 Gravity 16.3 Splatting 12.7 12% 14.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 106 115 113 112 115 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 375 Write 128 Mixed 180 SusWrite 112 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 34.8 125% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 149 116% 161 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 81%
AMD 1X2 Mirror/RAID1 8TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4TB free Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 138 144 131 142 134 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 148 Mixed 82.4 SusWrite 138 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.7 353% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 77%
Hitachi HTS 541010B9E380 1TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 926GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 108 110 111 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 101 Write 103 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 110 68% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 62%
Hitachi HTS545050A7 500GB 701 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 465GB free Firmware: GG2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 100 100 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 99.2 Mixed 38.6 SusWrite 99.6 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 59%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 880GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 136 139 139 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 155 Write 144 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 138 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS2G3D1609DS1S00. BLS2G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.7% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 14.4 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 44%

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

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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 $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