MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	22.6% 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	78% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 days ago, 8 days ago, 8 days ago, 8 days ago, 8 days ago, 8 days ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '21 at 16:21
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$190 30,503 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	50% Average	Memory 73.9 1-Core 39.1 2-Core 76.3 43% 63.1 Pts	4-Core 143 8-Core 258 25% 200 Pts	64-Core 256 17% 256 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 31,445 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 2271) 2GB CLim: 1188 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Lighting 28.2 Reflection 28.7 Parallax 35.8 23% 30.9 fps	MRender 25.7 Gravity 28.1 Splatting 27 22% 26.9 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 22%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$78 51,423 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 152 151 151 153 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 452 Write 414 Mixed 374 SusWrite 178 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 38.6 126% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 216 162% 217 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 PSD34G160081 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 PSD34G160081 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.7% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 14.6 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 10.5 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 27%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 23%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 66%, 263,442 samples	3,766x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 61%, 211,262 samples	1,706x
FX-8320AMD $163Bench 64%, 87,924 samples	1,042x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 34%, 331,024 samples	640x
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 50%, 605,546 samples	629x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 727,464 samples	626x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 690,674 samples	384x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $66Bench 54%, 299,250 samples	284x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $60Bench 106%, 499,419 samples	257x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 57%, 80,906 samples	575x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 31,221 samples	216x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 56%, 65,485 samples	189x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $428

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $48
Intel Core i5-10400F $148	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $327	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16