MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 54.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.3% 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	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '17 at 22:17
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 925-$150 5,211 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	54.4% Above average	Memory 82 1-Core 40.5 2-Core 82 46% 68.2 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 159 21% 159 Pts	64-Core 162 10% 162 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% MSI(1462 2823) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Lighting 39.7 Reflection 37.5 Parallax 49.7 32% 42.3 fps	MRender 50.5 Gravity 45.9 Splatting 35.6 35% 44 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -46488725111270 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2467 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 359 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 106 106 13771061 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 359 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 254940 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 71 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 254940 (F2) Unknown 100 100 624672 (F9) Unknown 100 100 7636	46.6% Average	Read 278 Write 145 Mixed 193 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 54.5 4K Mixed 15 80% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 15.1 26% 49 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 194GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 169 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 916 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2864 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 916 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1131 (C2) HDA temperature 104 89 39 (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	63.1% Good	Read 106 Write 114 Mixed 97.7 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.27 69% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-002.A00LF Samsung M378B5773CH0-CH9 99U5403-002.A00LF Samsung M378B5773CH0-CH9 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.5% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 12.6 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.2 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 49%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 21%

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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	99x
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 $80Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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