MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 39%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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.
ProcessorWith 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 38.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics1.15% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive69.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough 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.
SystemMSI MS-7693
MotherboardMSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)  (all builds)
Memory5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150512
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 22 '17 at 02:03
Run Duration163 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Sempron 140-$9
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 1 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
38.4% Below average
Memory 74.5
1-Core 30.4
2-Core 34.8
36% 46.6 Pts
4-Core 17.6
8-Core 21.6
2% 19.6 Pts
64-Core 35.2
2% 35.2 Pts
Poor: 17%
This bench: 38.4%
Great: 43%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4300
Gigabyte(1458 21AC) 512MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
1.15% Terrible
Lighting 1.53
Reflection 2.12
Parallax 1.34
1% 1.66 fps
MRender 1.38
Gravity 0.77
Splatting 1.35
1% 1.17 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.15%
Great: 1%
Nvidia GeForce 210
Gigabyte(1458 3530) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
0.86% Terrible
Lighting 1.07
Reflection 2.38
Parallax 0.5
1% 1.32 fps
MRender 0.48
Gravity 0.6
Splatting 1.74
1% 0.94 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 0.86%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
69.5% Good
Read 428
Write 413
Mixed 412
93% 418 MB/s
4K Read 19
4K Write 40.2
4K Mixed 21.1
77% 26.8 MB/s
DQ Read 101
DQ Write 50.7
DQ Mixed 58.7
48% 70.1 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 69.5%
Great: 101%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905403-198.A00LF EWB4GB681CA3-16IC 8GB
667, 800 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
16% Very poor
MC Read 5.8
MC Write 4.8
MC Mixed 4.6
14% 5.07 GB/s
SC Read 2.5
SC Write 2.1
SC Mixed 3.9
8% 2.83 GB/s
Latency 91.5
44% 91.5 ns
Poor: 16%
This bench: 16%
Great: 28%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical 970 GAMING (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 2,303 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $289
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