MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	13.8% 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	66.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '17 at 14:47
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 132 60% 96.8 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 431 41% 339 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 3232) 1GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1245 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.3.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Lighting 16.8 Reflection 18 Parallax 22.9 14% 19.2 fps	MRender 14.9 Gravity 15.4 Splatting 20.2 14% 16.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^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 3418 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 26 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 53 201864314918 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 173 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6294531123 (F7) Unknown 100 100 197653646 (F8) Unknown 100 100 106136427 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1237 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	66.5% Good	Read 434 Write 312 Mixed 320 79% 356 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 20.1 83% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 84.5 DQ Mixed 36.9 48% 87.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 95%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 33GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 19094088 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 89885075595111 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1273 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 496 (B1) Unknown 0 0 15 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 67 60133933088 (C2) HDA temperature 32 67 60133933088 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19094088 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19094088 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19094088 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 44553 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14983 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14983 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10541	57.9% Above average	Read 474 Write 139 Mixed 193 58% 269 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 14.3 82% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 41.8 59% 110 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 343GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162888646 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12794 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4434360436 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24779 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1919 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 65762 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 722665503 (C2) HDA temperature 31 50 34359738399 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 21 162888646 (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 -81995220616260 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3344827224 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1751419723	55.6% Above average	Read 100 Write 93.6 Mixed 85.5 70% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.57 124% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M379B5273DH0-YK0 Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 M379B5273DH0-YK0 Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.5 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 52%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	222x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	100x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	77x

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 $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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