MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	161% 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	62.8% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	23.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '21 at 03:14
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 74.3 2-Core 138 61% 99.6 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 428 41% 338 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Zotac(19DA 2503) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3951 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	161% Outstanding	Lighting 213 Reflection 207 Parallax 260 173% 226 fps	MRender 296 Gravity 219 Splatting 170 180% 228 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 497GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 219 229 257 300 264 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 387 Write 364 Mixed 272 SusWrite 243 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 25.2 83% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 49.4 DQ Mixed 36.4 54% 107 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 196GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 151 150 151 146 149 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 133 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 149 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 112%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 420GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 62 64 64 61 63 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 80.5 Write 90.7 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 61.2 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 51%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 203GB free Firmware: D005DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 63 63 59 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 62.3 Write 55.5 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 61.8 40% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-149.A01LF 4x4GB 470 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 63%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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