MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 59.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	85.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 12:26
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	59.9% Above average	Memory 83.1 1-Core 59.4 2-Core 116 54% 86.2 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 331 32% 266 Pts	64-Core 308 19% 308 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 95.3 Reflection 143 Parallax 135 78% 125 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 144 Splatting 113 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17009635 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 57552561778409 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 396 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 96 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 42 51542360089 (C2) HDA temperature 25 42 51542360089 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17009635 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17009635 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17009635 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 81604378625 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23550 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10831 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10831 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4417 (F4) Unknown 94 94 12189882	59.5% Above average	Read 485 Write 118 Mixed 166 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 17.3 94% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 92.8 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 31.1 47% 87.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 25GB free Firmware: 02.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 862 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 371 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 802 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 33 (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 200 200 0	85.7% Excellent	Read 165 Write 133 Mixed 106 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.25 100% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.4% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 14.6 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 10.6 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 63%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $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 $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