MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85.6% 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	79.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '17 at 21:14
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 70.5 2-Core 142 60% 99 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 414 41% 334 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 113 Parallax 103 90% 109 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 86.7 76% 93.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2088 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1361 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 67 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 110766 (A5) Unknown 100 100 156 (A6) Unknown 100 100 59 (A7) Unknown 100 100 106 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 181 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 136 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 74654 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 553653 (F2) Unknown 100 100 553546 (F5) Unknown 100 100 886128	79.8% Very good	Read 507 Write 359 Mixed 424 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 29.9 101% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 69.7 71% 116 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 238GB free Firmware: CC36 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 92 179637902 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6606 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 116599922 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15119 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1974 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 87 12885164084 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 75 46 420675609 (C2) HDA temperature 25 54 47244640281 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 28 179637902 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -114044266595889 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3034596657 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3000642234	55.8% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 103 Mixed 79.3 68% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.39 90% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 216GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6303446 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1654 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 8612264680 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 32348 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1715 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 96 4296933522 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 46 403767319 (C2) HDA temperature 23 54 47244640279 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 23 6303446 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -121465970068276 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2501335937 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2399861891	58.4% Above average	Read 97.6 Write 106 Mixed 76.9 70% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.31 68% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.9% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 16.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.8 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 91%

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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 $40	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