MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	43.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 13:59
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 69.5 2-Core 138 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 436 42% 349 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 3006) 3GB CLim: 1160 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Lighting 56.3 Reflection 37.5 Parallax 70.3 46% 54.7 fps	MRender 35.3 Gravity 55 Splatting 46.2 38% 45.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 148GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 64 431276 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 131 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3709749 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 104122892157608 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 51 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 521994270 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 542 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 55834574878 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -31529354919461 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3375313818 (F2) Unknown 100 253 287813928 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	68% Good	Read 120 Write 117 Mixed 17.5 61% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.15 113% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 61673568 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1517 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 523529619 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18464 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1499 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 85900656682 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 471531547 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1970 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 12884901915 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 187 7514 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -74899934656441 (F1) Unknown 100 253 46733657622 (F2) Unknown 100 253 192943933624	97.4% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 156 Mixed 26.6 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.22 77% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 12GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	48.7% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 16.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 49%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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