MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.6% 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	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '21 at 15:29
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 76.7 2-Core 141 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 450 44% 361 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.2% Very good	Lighting 91.9 Reflection 88.7 Parallax 83.2 75% 87.9 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 80.3 Splatting 72 70% 87.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 388 415 419 417 360 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 416 Mixed 412 SusWrite 369 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 44.6 146% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 229 176% 239 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 125%
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 164GB free Firmware: SBFMJ1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 37 37 34 115 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 324 Write 376 Mixed 372 SusWrite 66.2 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 35.5 127% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 168 142% 205 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 91%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 173GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 62 62 63 62 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 51.8 Write 47 Mixed 39 SusWrite 61 37% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 41%
Seagate ST500LM030-1RK17D 500GB 12,805 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 327GB free Firmware: SBM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 103 110 108 112 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	50% Above average	Read 67.5 Write 97 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 106 59% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0 107% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 1x8GB 3,584 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.3 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 9.6 26% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 34%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	960x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	412x
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	141x

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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