MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '18 at 08:14
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 82.1 1-Core 46.1 2-Core 89.6 48% 72.6 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 243 26% 204 Pts	64-Core 246 15% 246 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 68.3 62% 73.9 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 76.6 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ezlink T34 256GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.07E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2470 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 336 (A9) Unknown 100 100 4300210191 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 187 187 12906070186 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C2) HDA temperature 60 60 257700003880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 86906682752 (EA) Unknown 100 100 98450896672 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21860258583 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15695821312	75.9% Very good	Read 477 Write 280 Mixed 306 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 28.3 109% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 48.3 62% 111 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 99%
Ezlink T34 256GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 40GB free Firmware: 1.07E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10012 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2477 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 426 (A9) Unknown 100 100 4390916 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 25774850075 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C2) HDA temperature 60 60 257700003880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10027807232 (EA) Unknown 100 100 25215563424 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6682049808 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14192525706	80.4% Excellent	Read 486 Write 325 Mixed 348 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 28.1 114% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 47.9 63% 113 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 99%
WD Re 3TB (2012)-$55 2,104 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 339GB free Firmware: 01.01K02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 133 10366 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1788 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7900 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1786 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1753 (C2) HDA temperature 113 94 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.7% Very good	Read 150 Write 128 Mixed 118 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.49 126% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 96%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 313GB free Firmware: CV13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 183292296 (03) Spinup time 96 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3985 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 54 146059627557 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17819 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3579 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 480 (BE) vendor-specific 66 39 3501004554274 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 48 48 105867 (C2) HDA temperature 34 61 51539607586 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	72.7% Very good	Read 102 Write 152 Mixed 43.5 72% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.17 65% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1333KLN-4G JM1333KLN-4G 16GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 667, 933, 667, 933 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.2% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 12.1 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 8.5 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 54%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	960x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	412x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	264x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	166x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	149x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	141x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	140x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	47x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	34x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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