MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics88.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive38.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7693
MotherboardMSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)  (all builds)
Memory6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151221
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 23 '17 at 13:10
Run Duration94 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU 27%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
72.5% Very good
Memory 93.7
1-Core 75.7
2-Core 150
65% 106 Pts
4-Core 278
8-Core 463
45% 371 Pts
64-Core 466
29% 466 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 72.5%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
88.3% Excellent
Lighting 114
Reflection 116
Parallax 104
93% 111 fps
MRender 98.5
Gravity 103
Splatting 91.5
79% 97.7 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 88.3%
Great: 87%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
38.9% Below average
Read 161
Write 78.6
Mixed 99.5
25% 113 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 63.8
4K Mixed 12.2
80% 32.2 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 87.2
DQ Mixed 27
40% 74.7 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 38.9%
Great: 73%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
48.7% Average
MC Read 20.9
MC Write 15
MC Mixed 15.6
49% 17.2 GB/s
SC Read 11.2
SC Write 9.1
SC Mixed 11.8
31% 10.7 GB/s
Latency 60.6
66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 48.7%
Great: 69%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 970 GAMING (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 2,303 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $289
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