MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	88.6% 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	78.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '21 at 09:58
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 86.2 2-Core 172 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 411 44% 348 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2004 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 104 91% 110 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 107 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda 120 SSD ZA2000CM10003 2TB 1,513 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: STRSD012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 406 449 454 456 450 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 491 Write 454 Mixed 422 SusWrite 418 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 22.6 85% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 58.2 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 130 106% 144 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 135%
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 29,078 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 458GB free Firmware: T0918A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 662 924 1067 257 460 376 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,353 Write 1,089 Mixed 849 SusWrite 624 219% 979 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 23.6 152% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 564 DQ Write 368 DQ Mixed 455 343% 463 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 310%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 14 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 86%

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

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	961x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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 $76Bench 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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Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16