MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '17 at 21:23
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 1.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41.4% Average	Memory 67.6 1-Core 23 2-Core 47.1 33% 45.9 Pts	4-Core 85.3 8-Core 151 14% 118 Pts	64-Core 151 9% 151 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 64%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 911GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 91504368 (03) Spinup time 98 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 756 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 170596108 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3346 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 761 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 487981085 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 767 (C2) HDA temperature 29 10 42949672989 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 91504368 (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 29158532975886 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22368753088 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21151743101	94.3% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 163 Mixed 151 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.31 97% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 112%
Samsung Flash Drive FIT 128GB 3,370 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 118GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 133 Write 33.2 Mixed 67.9 84% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.63 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 1.13 107% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 117%
Adata DashDrive Elite UE700 32GB-$20 231 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 22GB free, PID de7a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 196 Write 42.8 Mixed 48.9 92% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.73 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.36 46% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD34G160081 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G CT51264BA160BJ.M8F Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.1% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 12.9 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 8.2 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 47%

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Typical 970 GAMING (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 2,303 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $269	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 $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