MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 63.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130328
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 18:23
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.75 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 65.3 2-Core 124 58% 92.4 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 280 31% 245 Pts	64-Core 275 17% 275 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% XFX(1682 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Lighting 27.8 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 34 23% 31.3 fps	MRender 28.8 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 38 25% 29.8 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 667GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 39978 (03) Spinup time 184 174 5758 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 361 (05) Reallocated sector count 185 185 449 (07) Seek error rate 200 196 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 359 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 163 163 111084 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 33 (C4) Reallocation count 127 127 73 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 431 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 206 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 198 197 646	54% Above average	Read 82.8 Write 105 Mixed 53.5 60% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 84%
Seagate ST3200822AS 200GB-$33 4,227 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 65GB free Firmware: 3.02 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 56 50 36777214 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6742 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 425599990 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 51923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1783 (C2) HDA temperature 25 57 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 50 36777214 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34% Below average	Read 59.5 Write 58.8 Mixed 24.2 35% 47.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.39 91% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 12.7 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.5 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 38%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	222x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	100x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	78x

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 $35Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $257

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16