MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '16 at 23:17
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 59.7 2-Core 121 56% 89.2 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 282 32% 248 Pts	64-Core 282 17% 282 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% PNY(196E 0F02) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 267 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Lighting 4.53 Reflection 5.27 Parallax 2.03 4% 3.94 fps	MRender 4.81 Gravity 4.57 Splatting 3.39 3% 4.26 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9360034 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 121581934220277 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1834 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 252 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 45 51542556698 (C2) HDA temperature 26 45 51542556698 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9360034 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9360034 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9360034 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5676 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5152 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5152 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6089	32.1% Below average	Read 157 Write 86.9 Mixed 84 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 9.36 66% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 14.4 DQ Write 57.6 DQ Mixed 7.07 14% 26.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 899GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 172 172 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 17 (C2) HDA temperature 118 111 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	97.9% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 176 Mixed 131 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.38 145% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 109%
WD WD5000AAKB-00H8A0 500GB 1,191 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 74GB free Firmware: 05.04E05 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 156 4883 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4160 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6687 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2309 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 325 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4158 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	35.1% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 60.8 Mixed 20.5 35% 47.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.36 94% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]166(F/R} 2x4GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.7% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 9.1 28% 9.87 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 9.4 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 58%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) - $72

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	222x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	100x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	28x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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