MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 10 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '18 at 17:28
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 69.1 2-Core 138 61% 99 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 322 36% 280 Pts	64-Core 323 20% 323 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 3030) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.96% Terrible	Lighting 1.1 Reflection 1.69 Parallax 1.56 1% 1.45 fps	MRender 1.52 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.52 1% 1.29 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.96% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blaze 60GB-$62 661 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 152 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 193 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 44 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6815763 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 635079	34.5% Below average	Read 296 Write 62.1 Mixed 26.9 27% 128 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 3.76 62% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 55.9 DQ Mixed 4.18 14% 29.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 414GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 216193112 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1250 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 8690141658 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1604 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1178 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 11 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 521732127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1254 (C2) HDA temperature 31 16 68719476767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 216193112 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 180 1030150 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 65180423685670 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31973203488 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36809645616	91.9% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 159 Mixed 96.1 103% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.32 107% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 112%
Maxtor 6V200E0 204GB 1,578 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 190GB free Firmware: VA111900 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 208 206 9120 (04) Start/Stop count 252 252 3701 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 240 42782 (09) Power-on hours count 238 238 5197 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 243 243 3976 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 46 588906530 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 253 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 641 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 131 67 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	36.7% Below average	Read 62.4 Write 64.7 Mixed 53.8 45% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.95 4K Mixed 0.31 113% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 37%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 181GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 1296 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4572 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 163842416 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4286 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4454 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 97 8590067471 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 69 47 521863199 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 807 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4611 (C2) HDA temperature 31 53 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 17 1296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 2336 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -84808424222273 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1956304230 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2226560604	51.4% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 87.8 Mixed 23 49% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.52 105% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD34G160081 PSD32G133381 PSD32G13332 PSD32G133381 10GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 800, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	42.9% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 14.4 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 46%

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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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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $225

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