MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	76.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '17 at 20:26
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.9 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 85.1 2-Core 161 69% 113 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 389 44% 343 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 73 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 68.9 60% 73.5 fps	Gravity 70 Splatting 63.4 59% 66.7 fps
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 10416 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1002 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 200 (AE) Unknown 100 100 121 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 59 176094773280 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 21155732537 (F7) Unknown 100 100 692117065 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2703753756	76.1% Very good	Read 506 Write 331 Mixed 389 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 26.2 110% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 80.1 DQ Mixed 17.8 24% 41.8 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 97%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 159691341 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 393 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3757032 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -82502026788135 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 68 521994269 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1148 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 85899345949 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 11639361372277 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1754599338 (F2) Unknown 100 253 365865674	94.2% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 158 Mixed 122 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.25 92% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 306GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 6275 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9295 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 27891 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1888 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 234 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 139 139 183898 (C2) HDA temperature 119 109 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 16	37.4% Below average	Read 63.1 Write 67.2 Mixed 86.1 55% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.23 62% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 304GB free Firmware: CR100-11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 71 2 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6336 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7668 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 43280 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3726 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 1918662 (BB) vendor-specific 49 49 8060980 (BC) Unknown 100 100 24 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 35 (C2) HDA temperature 133 103 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1918662 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 98 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 599	28.7% Poor	Read 45 Write 54.9 Mixed 67 42% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.27 64% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 9,994 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.8 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 62%

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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	961x
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	142x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16