MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	72.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	162% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '22 at 16:42
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 133 59% 96.3 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 393 39% 317 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.3% Very good	Lighting 89.5 Reflection 86.3 Parallax 93.8 73% 89.9 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 79.9 Splatting 73 71% 89.3 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 535 411 405 410 402 386 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,227 Write 952 Mixed 934 SusWrite 425 198% 884 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 64.9 214% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 494 DQ Write 405 DQ Mixed 430 328% 443 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 302%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 87GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 241 199 191 175 189 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 443 Write 398 Mixed 303 SusWrite 212 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 28.4 92% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 228 180% 251 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 101%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 241GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 373 384 397 414 409 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 416 Mixed 390 SusWrite 375 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 41.4 135% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 231 177% 240 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 125%
Seagate ST500LM030-1RK17D 500GB 12,805 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 290GB free Firmware: SBM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 102 103 109 109 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 52.6 Write 86.2 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 102 56% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.6 180% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 17.9 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.5 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 72%

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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 $175Bench 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 $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