MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 42.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	35% 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	76.6% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '17 at 04:10
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Memory 55.1 1-Core 52.8 2-Core 96.4 41% 68.1 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 374 31% 270 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (44 fps cap detected)	35% Below average	Lighting 43.7 Reflection 44.8 Parallax 41.8 36% 43.4 fps	MRender 44.6 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 38.3 34% 41.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 180 240GB-$160 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5251 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 685 (AB) Unknown 100 100 79248208 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 121 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6255 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3016 (F9) Unknown 100 100 415062226	76.6% Very good	Read 483 Write 451 Mixed 477 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 20.8 74% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 75.8 78% 129 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 98GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 85 141607307 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6721 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 195731333 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 50764 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5752 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 29 3891779272736 (C2) HDA temperature 32 71 55834574880 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 72 55 42298061 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	28.3% Poor	Read 60.2 Write 38.1 Mixed 54.8 39% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.29 70% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 4x4GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 2.7 SC Write 3.8 SC Mixed 4.8 11% 3.77 GB/s	Latency 143 28% 143 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 71%

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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	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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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