MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	56.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '17 at 02:05
Run Duration	284 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (58^th 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 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 70.2 2-Core 127 61% 96.9 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 433 41% 338 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% MSI(1462 3411) CLim: 1410 MHz, MLim: 1850 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Lighting 72.3 Reflection 73 Parallax 91.6 59% 79 fps	MRender 69.2 Gravity 64.5 Splatting 57.7 52% 63.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1015A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^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 1277 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 595 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 107 (A3) Unknown 100 100 17 (A4) Unknown 100 100 82927 (A5) Unknown 100 100 108 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 63 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 94 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 62 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 5 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 339026 (F2) Unknown 100 100 336565 (F5) Unknown 100 100 165854	58.1% Above average	Read 461 Write 197 Mixed 243 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 24.2 4K Mixed 18.5 76% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 51.9 DQ Mixed 34.3 44% 82.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 91%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 652GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3317 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4908 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 500 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3253 (C2) HDA temperature 110 99 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91.4% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 144 Mixed 131 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.32 122% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer 34GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 27GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	6.16% Terrible	Read 21.1 Write 7.85 Mixed 11.7 15% 13.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.76 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.008 22% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.16% Great: 8%
Lexar JumpDrive S73 USB 3.0 32GB-$15 655 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 7GB free, PID a205 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 30.9 Write 29.2 Mixed 17.6 32% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.34 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.32 33% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48% Average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 62 65% 62 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 67%

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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	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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Value: 62% - Good

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