MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 14 '21 at 23:15
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Memory 74.5 1-Core 36.4 2-Core 109 46% 73.3 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 237 27% 210 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 150 Parallax 176 97% 148 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 177 Splatting 126 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 105 45 267 474 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 693 Write 486 Mixed 402 SusWrite 236 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 43.2 145% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 220 186% 271 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 242%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 106GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 183 217 223 196 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 353 Write 205 Mixed 135 SusWrite 188 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 16.6 75% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 52.4 88% 172 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 85%
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 79GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 181 208 206 211 204 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 226 Write 308 Mixed 211 SusWrite 196 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 30.4 98% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 237 181% 246 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 105%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 154GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 184 217 224 236 225 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 381 Write 354 Mixed 254 SusWrite 209 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 22.7 94% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 242 185% 250 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 117%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67 5,838 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 168GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 184 217 223 237 227 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 268 Write 360 Mixed 222 SusWrite 209 60% 265 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 29 106% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 229 178% 245 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 121%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 101 104 105 105 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 88.6 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 102 60% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 112 117 116 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 116 Write 118 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 113 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 659 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	43.8% Average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 15.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10.3 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 91.4 44% 91.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 81%

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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 $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