MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics116% 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.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7693
MotherboardMSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)  (all builds)
Memory6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150324
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 25 '18 at 23:16
Run Duration612 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 23%

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
69.5% Good
Memory 92.2
1-Core 70.3
2-Core 137
62% 99.9 Pts
4-Core 254
8-Core 440
42% 347 Pts
64-Core 450
28% 450 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 69.5%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
116% Outstanding
Lighting 147
Reflection 184
Parallax 182
120% 171 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 189
Splatting 130
120% 149 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 116%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 192
Write 172
Mixed 177
136% 180 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.41
4K Mixed 0.22
80% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 104%
Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB
11GB free, PID 5575
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
11.4% Very poor
Read 13.7
Write 5.01
Mixed 10.9
12% 9.89 MB/s
4K Read 4.72
4K Write 2.35
4K Mixed 1.36
143% 2.81 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 11.4%
Great: 17%
Generic USB Flash Drive 1GB
1GB free, PID null
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
3.96% Terrible
Read 12.8
Write 2.29
Mixed 3.82
6% 6.3 MB/s
4K Read 6.49
4K Write 0.03
4K Mixed 0.03
26% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.96%
Great: 7%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
46% Average
MC Read 19.4
MC Write 14.5
MC Mixed 14.3
46% 16.1 GB/s
SC Read 10.6
SC Write 9
SC Mixed 12.8
31% 10.8 GB/s
Latency 63.8
63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 46%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 253 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $227
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