MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 61.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.1% 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	51.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '16 at 22:37
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 70 2-Core 133 59% 95.5 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 284 32% 254 Pts	64-Core 272 17% 272 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2871) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5900 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Lighting 25.5 Reflection 23.7 Parallax 29.9 21% 26.4 fps	MRender 32.2 Gravity 23.5 Splatting 25.1 22% 26.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2095 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1181 (B1) Unknown 98 98 20 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 58 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7522169263	51.1% Above average	Read 352 Write 198 Mixed 118 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 11.2 78% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 77.7 DQ Mixed 11.2 20% 38.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 280GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 171 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2236 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1183 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2172 (C2) HDA temperature 120 105 27 (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 1	65.2% Good	Read 117 Write 110 Mixed 33.4 63% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.31 100% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD38G13332 2x8GB 820 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.9% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 7.8 21% 7.43 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 53%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

Surfboard

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 $129Bench 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 $37Bench 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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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