MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 20% Surfboard


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	51.8% 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	39% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '17 at 21:14
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	50.6% Above average	Memory 75.9 1-Core 49.8 2-Core 85 46% 70.2 Pts	4-Core 149 8-Core 152 20% 151 Pts	64-Core 172 11% 172 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 65.6 Reflection 66.2 Parallax 87.7 54% 73.2 fps	MRender 65 Gravity 62.2 Splatting 53.2 48% 60.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 86 86 10611917 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 37658273260817 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2015 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 93 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10611917 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10611917 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10611917 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6715 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5943 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5943 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7013	39% Below average	Read 198 Write 64.4 Mixed 89.5 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 13.1 82% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 77.2 DQ Write 62.7 DQ Mixed 7.39 23% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 51%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 166459680 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1717 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23353591 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6771 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 314 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 43 94490722404 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 44 305464279071 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16732 (C2) HDA temperature 31 56 -4294967265 (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 -73924977097601 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8367036431 (F2) Unknown 100 253 531143402958	71.1% Very good	Read 128 Write 120 Mixed 137 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.14 61% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G 1333EL Series 1333EL Series 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 800, 800, 533, 533 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.1% Poor	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 11.1 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 7.6 19% 6.67 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 39%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

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 $175Bench 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