MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	40.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '18 at 02:57
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 70.5 2-Core 131 58% 94.7 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 352 36% 292 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04A8) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.6% Average	Lighting 50.5 Reflection 60.9 Parallax 52.7 41% 54.7 fps	MRender 62.1 Gravity 31.3 Splatting 51.3 40% 48.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
T-force 250GB 256GB 433 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 218GB free Firmware: P1205E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 86 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 57 (A3) Unknown 100 100 9 (A4) Unknown 100 100 694 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (94) Unknown 100 100 233 (95) Unknown 100 100 13 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 6 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1342 (F2) Unknown 100 100 335	85.5% Excellent	Read 472 Write 441 Mixed 478 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 31.6 109% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 82.6 76% 116 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 100 7810992 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 252 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 4638 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 76 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 67 488177690 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 505 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 85899345946 (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 -115659174313969 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5856368 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4379347	112% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 194 Mixed 173 141% 188 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.21 88% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3031 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8515 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3016 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 169 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2861 (C2) HDA temperature 112 90 31 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 232 Write 128 Mixed 142 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.29 120% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata HY64C1C1624ZY HY64C1C1624ZY Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.7% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.6 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 47%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $125Bench 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 $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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