MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	43.3% 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% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '21 at 02:34
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	37.3% Below average	Memory 60.6 1-Core 24.3 2-Core 44.7 31% 43.2 Pts	4-Core 78.7 8-Core 140 13% 110 Pts	64-Core 138 8% 138 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1260 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.8.2 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.3% Average	Lighting 53.5 Reflection 58.5 Parallax 80.9 44% 64.3 fps	MRender 59.4 Gravity 57.4 Splatting 43.4 43% 53.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon IT LCT-512L9S 512GB 405 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC92201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 287 289 304 329 309 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 400 Write 327 Mixed 237 SusWrite 302 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 15.9 58% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 129 96% 128 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 111 112 112 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 154 Write 101 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 108 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 263GB free Firmware: 0105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 111 112 112 111 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 106 Write 78.1 Mixed 46.3 SusWrite 108 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 Team-Elite-1600 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 16GB 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.9% Poor	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 12.5 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 7.1 16% 5.73 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	43"	1280 720	SAM0A75 SAMSUNG

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) - $72

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	221x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	28x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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