MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.9% 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	52.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	18 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '21 at 04:24
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th 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 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 132 61% 97.7 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 392 38% 315 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 118 Reflection 131 Parallax 132 96% 127 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 127 Splatting 1.6 54% 74.4 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 75 16 38 6.2 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 373 Write 129 Mixed 250 SusWrite 35.1 43% 197 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 19.5 97% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 12.2 49% 110 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 45GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 102 104 104 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 143 Write 134 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 104 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 216GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 97 97 96 93 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 77.5 Write 81.9 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 95.9 57% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 199 192 189 203 202 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 134 Write 143 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 197 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 113% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.9% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 16.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 63%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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