MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 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 61.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	95.8% 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 Drive	69.8% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 05:24
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	91%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 73.6 2-Core 135 59% 96.6 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 308 34% 267 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 3FDA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 163 Parallax 136 93% 138 fps	MRender 163 Gravity 118 Splatting 104 102% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 103 115 106 123 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 419 Write 327 Mixed 303 SusWrite 127 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 33.2 115% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 148 130% 192 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 97%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 659GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 401 349 367 351 349 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 381 Write 374 Mixed 357 SusWrite 361 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 30.7 98% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 200 150% 204 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 450GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 179 179 179 182 181 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 153 Write 130 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 179 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.8% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 9.6 23% 8.03 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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