MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	138% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '23 at 18:06
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing way below expectations (10^th 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 4.2 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Memory 77.2 1-Core 50.1 2-Core 92.8 48% 73.4 Pts	4-Core 156 8-Core 250 25% 203 Pts	64-Core 246 15% 246 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$499 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Nvidia(10DE 14B2) ≥ 4GB; Nvidia lecacy CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.68 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	138% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 246 Parallax 215 150% 215 fps	MRender 255 Gravity 159 Splatting 130 142% 182 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 22 23 22 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 79GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 147 141 143 144 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 441 Write 388 Mixed 315 SusWrite 145 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 37.9 129% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 143 127% 191 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 108%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$145 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 2TB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 148 155 176 180 178 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 467 Write 283 Mixed 388 SusWrite 165 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 40.9 134% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 185 147% 206 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 15.4 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 10.8 26% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

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 $75Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16