MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 17:52
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 71.8 2-Core 141 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 433 44% 357 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 51 Parallax 55.2 0% 35.4 fps	MRender 50.9 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 36.6 34% 42.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD10S21X-24R1BT0-SSHD-8GB 1TB 17,076 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 544GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 41 42 67 35 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 104 Write 86.6 Mixed 41.8 SusWrite 43.2 50% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 59%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 3GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 3.3 3.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	7.33% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 13.8 Mixed 10.5 SusWrite 3.6 15% 12.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 2.4 126% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.33% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.1% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13.9 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 62%

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

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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	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