MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	60.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '18 at 19:26
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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 FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 79.3 2-Core 156 65% 108 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 485 46% 381 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 148 Reflection 170 Parallax 167 120% 162 fps	Gravity 163 Splatting 118 121% 140 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4586 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2301 (A6) Unknown 100 100 52 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 250 (A9) Unknown 100 100 151 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 138 (AE) Unknown 100 100 422 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 47 201864577055 (D4) Unknown 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1084 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 17970 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6716 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9424 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	60.1% Good	Read 451 Write 184 Mixed 206 61% 281 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 13.7 94% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 13.6 32% 62.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 91%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 388GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 111 108 7441 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2944 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3363 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1916 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 311 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20020 (C2) HDA temperature 119 100 28 (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	51.4% Above average	Read 96 Write 82.9 Mixed 80.8 65% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.33 95% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 33GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201643864 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2723 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 14833672 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1878 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 58 437583898 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 236 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24295 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 64424509466 (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 127865471370575 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12707052867 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18571356268	71.5% Very good	Read 124 Write 125 Mixed 128 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.8% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 11.6 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 81%

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Gaming 23%

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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	963x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	413x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	264x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	167x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	150x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	48x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	35x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16