MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	39.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '16 at 14:23
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 90 1-Core 72.4 2-Core 138 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 320 37% 288 Pts	64-Core 312 19% 312 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.134.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Lighting 50.4 Reflection 33.9 Parallax 64.6 41% 49.6 fps	MRender 33.8 Gravity 52.3 Splatting 44.4 36% 43.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2061 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 464 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 54 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 123 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6038412773	87.3% Excellent	Read 508 Write 472 Mixed 489 109% 490 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 22.7 120% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 84.9 DQ Mixed 22.2 28% 47.1 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 519GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1068 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 789 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 998 (C2) HDA temperature 110 101 33 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	97.6% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 162 Mixed 152 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.35 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.29 115% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 191GB free Firmware: 4.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8275 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 121224507 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13565 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4257 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 55 755826725 (C2) HDA temperature 37 45 55834574885 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 91 57 199871565 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	55.3% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 99.5 Mixed 89.3 71% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.34 80% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.2% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 11.7 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 49%

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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	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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16