MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	13.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '17 at 00:39
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	97%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$57 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	40.5% Average	Memory 71.6 1-Core 16.6 2-Core 37.9 32% 42 Pts	4-Core 59.6 8-Core 53.5 8% 56.5 Pts	64-Core 67.8 4% 67.8 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Zotac(19DA 3227) 2GB CLim: 820 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Lighting 14 Reflection 20.8 Parallax 15.3 11% 16.7 fps	MRender 22.6 Gravity 17.9 Splatting 20 16% 20.2 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 672GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 173 1966 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 147 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 439 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BE) vendor-specific 60 52 689635368 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 101 (C2) HDA temperature 103 95 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	79.2% Very good	Read 144 Write 132 Mixed 117 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.11 71% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 109%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 125GB free Firmware: VT100-38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5888 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8118 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5349 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 2 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4605 (BE) vendor-specific 115 97 41 (C2) HDA temperature 115 97 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 114442 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	31.2% Below average	Read 54.8 Write 53.8 Mixed 38.1 36% 48.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.28 65% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 26,466 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 11.1 28% 9.67 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 4.2 SC Mixed 4.6 12% 4.23 GB/s	Latency 97.7 41% 97.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 60%

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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 $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	142x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16