MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	39.4% 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	32.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '17 at 11:52
Run Duration	377 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 88 1-Core 72.3 2-Core 132 61% 97.5 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 426 42% 341 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Asus(1043 04B0) CLim: 1250 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.4% Below average	Lighting 46 Reflection 63.5 Parallax 61.2 38% 56.9 fps	MRender 61.3 Gravity 45.5 Splatting 52 43% 53 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 55911290 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 70789651004512 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 578 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 53 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 65 55838834714 (C2) HDA temperature 26 65 55838834714 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 55911290 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 55911290 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 55911290 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 29781 (EA) Unknown 0 0 32428 (F1) Unknown 0 0 32428 (F2) Unknown 0 0 27781	32.9% Below average	Read 132 Write 95.4 Mixed 101 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 7.82 70% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 20.1 DQ Write 67.3 DQ Mixed 6.92 16% 31.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 73%
Lacie P9237 Desktop 5TB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4.5TB free Firmware: 1153 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 30.4 Write 27.3 Mixed 28 22% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.96 4K Mixed 0.64 171% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 89%
Toshiba HDWJ110 1TB 3,057 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 871GB free Firmware: AX1P1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1731 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 160 (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 100 100 198 (0A) Spinup retry count 103 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1976 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 124555100184 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 41 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 272 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	60.7% Good	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 34.2 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 63%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 336GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 142 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3374 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 47654 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 649 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3308 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 30 (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	60.5% Good	Read 102 Write 109 Mixed 99.2 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.38 104% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 232GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 91 121489368 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13474 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 97754129 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 51292 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3916 (BB) vendor-specific 39 39 61 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 521863199 (C2) HDA temperature 31 51 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 70 61 178026420 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	53.8% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 97 Mixed 57.3 61% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.4 90% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 54%
ST2000DM 001-9YN164 2TB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 419GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 30.1 Write 29.5 Mixed 9.62 28% 23 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.32 46% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 73%
Maxtor OneTouch 1TB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 306GB free, PID 7310 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 29.4 Write 30.2 Mixed 23.4 35% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.27 58% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 10.7 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 55%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) - $72

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	221x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	28x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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