MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	6.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '18 at 12:13
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

Watch Gameplay: 1060-6GB + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 80.5 2-Core 153 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 475 46% 376 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2135 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 74.8 63% 76.8 fps	MRender 75.9 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 75.6 62% 75.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 3+0 Stripe/RAID0 87GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 514 Write 202 Mixed 292 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 7.57 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 10.7 72% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 45.8 DQ Write 76.7 DQ Mixed 22.1 28% 48.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 61%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 182GB free Firmware: 80.0 Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 100 Write 95.2 Mixed 95.4 73% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G 1600 CL9 Series 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 933, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.1% Average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 48%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical 970A-G43 (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 633 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	223x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	100x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	78x

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 $36Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $257

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	WD Black SN850X M.2 4TB $293