MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 48.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.21% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '16 at 16:33
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 630 7,197 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Memory 73.7 1-Core 41.4 2-Core 78.6 43% 64.6 Pts	4-Core 135 8-Core 158 19% 147 Pts	64-Core 150 9% 150 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2130) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.21% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 2.08 Parallax 1.66 1% 1.7 fps	MRender 2.1 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 2 1% 1.67 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.21% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 120GB-$60 4,424 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C2) HDA temperature 72 66 146029871132	43.1% Average	Read 448 Write 133 Mixed 202 57% 261 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 29.1 4K Mixed 6.15 56% 19 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 27.4 DQ Mixed 5.32 10% 18.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 163GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 79890154 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7579 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 265439363 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3784 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4080641009 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065669 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 58 404160536 (C2) HDA temperature 24 42 55834574872 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 40 79890154 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 35	57.8% Above average	Read 108 Write 93 Mixed 68.3 67% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.3 83% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF25664AZ-1G4F1 3x2GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	20.2% Poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 6.3 18% 6.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 5.1 15% 5.3 GB/s	Latency 93 43% 93 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 46%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	221x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $38Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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