MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	35.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '17 at 17:10
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	ECU-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Memory 72.6 1-Core 58.1 2-Core 103 49% 78 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 274 29% 231 Pts	64-Core 269 17% 269 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Device(7377 0000) 2GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.1% Below average	Lighting 45.1 Reflection 43.3 Parallax 44.4 37% 44.3 fps	MRender 40.5 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 36.1 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2800 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 580 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 36 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 77 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6691567744	78.5% Very good	Read 489 Write 386 Mixed 402 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 28.1 107% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 81.2 DQ Mixed 18.5 25% 44.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 703GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98179136 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 414 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1572637 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 671 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 43 322711584803 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1564 (C2) HDA temperature 35 57 81604378659 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -18206366367313 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1051362917 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26688873120	108% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 178 Mixed 177 139% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.18 88% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%
Samsung HD161GJ 160GB-$25 14,710 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 103GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 1 5069 (03) Spinup time 93 93 3150 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 8673 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 15584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 249 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3359 (0D) Soft read error rate 98 1 4081 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 50380 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 52 370278422 (C2) HDA temperature 70 48 504496158 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 32835 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 94 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 226 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	40.3% Average	Read 60.9 Write 79.3 Mixed 94.2 60% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.28 80% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 62%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 55GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 8.84 Mixed 13.2 18% 17.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.72 73% 1.79 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.1% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 7.8 24% 8.27 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.5 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 95.6 42% 95.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 85%

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Typical 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 253 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

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Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	105x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	38x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	21x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	6x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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