MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 42.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	59.6% 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	42.6% 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.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 20:37
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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-$125 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	42.8% Average	Memory 69.2 1-Core 24.6 2-Core 46.2 34% 46.7 Pts	4-Core 90.9 8-Core 140 14% 116 Pts	64-Core 146 9% 146 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.6% Above average	Lighting 50.3 Reflection 70 Parallax 140 41% 86.7 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 128 Splatting 110 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$31 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 176GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1720 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 491 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2431016698827 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 26 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 24 326417514538 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1387287347523 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3308 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9141 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4928 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11967 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	45% Average	Read 466 Write 180 Mixed 264 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 37.1 4K Mixed 5.71 47% 18.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 64 DQ Mixed 4.74 15% 30.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 86%
Sandisk S064G 63GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 48GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5662 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 764 (A5) Unknown 100 100 960507 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 245 (AE) Unknown 100 100 134 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 25 214764879897 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 816 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 276 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7687868798 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15307381319	41% Average	Read 431 Write 175 Mixed 261 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 15.6 4K Mixed 8.46 42% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 16.2 DQ Write 15.3 DQ Mixed 6.57 7% 12.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 47%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7219247 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -2877628080871 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1803 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 209 (B1) Unknown 0 0 93 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 47 64427589661 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 64427589661 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7219247 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7219247 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7219247 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25981 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23230 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23230 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10718 (F4) Unknown 93 93 196673763	42.6% Average	Read 433 Write 126 Mixed 178 53% 246 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 9.74 55% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.3 DQ Write 42.4 DQ Mixed 9.67 14% 24.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 73%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$60 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 919GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 197 3937 (03) Spinup time 183 168 3833 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1336 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 768 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1229 (C2) HDA temperature 111 95 36 (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 200 197 0	78% Very good	Read 148 Write 124 Mixed 127 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.48 149% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 2,146 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 933, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	31% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 12.6 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 7.8 17% 5.97 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 63%

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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	963x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	413x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	264x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	167x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	150x
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	48x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	35x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16