MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 44.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	97.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151208
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '23 at 20:10
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$57 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Memory 74.3 1-Core 61.1 2-Core 95.7 50% 77 Pts	4-Core 79.5 8-Core 136 13% 108 Pts	64-Core 110 7% 110 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.3% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 133 Parallax 129 99% 128 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 122 Splatting 110 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apotop S3C 128GB 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530A SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 119 103 109 96 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 396 Write 145 Mixed 182 SusWrite 110 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 6.4 53% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 144 120% 175 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 83%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 661GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 67 72 75 78 77 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 67.5 Write 60.9 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 73.2 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 51%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 67 74 79 97 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 53.1 Write 86.4 Mixed 42.1 SusWrite 83.7 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 96%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 121 125 125 130 132 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 117 Write 104 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 124 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 4x8GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	35.5% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 14.1 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9.7 24% 8.23 GB/s	Latency 91.8 44% 91.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	9	203	53	60	27"	1920 1080	DELA146 Dell AW2720HF

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Typical 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 253 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	105x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	38x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	21x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	6x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16