MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 61%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.2% 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	60.2% 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 (91%). 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 12:30
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	MNE-User
Background CPU	91%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	61% Good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 57.6 2-Core 112 53% 84.2 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 359 35% 287 Pts	64-Core 316 20% 316 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Lighting 48.5 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 59.8 40% 46.9 fps	MRender 31 Gravity 47.4 Splatting 40.3 33% 39.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM08.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6832 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1189 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (AA) Unknown 100 100 407 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6619270 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6317	60.2% Good	Read 494 Write 201 Mixed 285 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 10.1 78% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 26.7 48% 95.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 307GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 185885616 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4184 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23028808 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7101 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1191 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 521469983 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39867 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 34359738399 (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 -21522081117508 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14383628642 (F2) Unknown 100 253 77647711647	69.6% Good	Read 115 Write 127 Mixed 113 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.16 68% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 431 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1TB free, PID a208 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 23.2 Write 22.6 Mixed 13.5 24% 19.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.17 54% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 44%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 123GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 22.1 Write 22.1 Mixed 22 28% 22.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.16 34% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.9% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10.9 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 86%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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 $175Bench 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 $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 $179	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