MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	99.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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 SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 14 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160623
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 06:25
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 141 60% 98.9 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 425 42% 345 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.4% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 149 Parallax 126 101% 133 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 128 Splatting 110 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10667 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2285 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 87 87 450 (B2) Unknown 93 93 282 (B3) Unknown 93 93 496 (B4) Unknown 93 93 7568 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 93 93 3750 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33953291562 (F2) Unknown 99 99 43963351027	42.4% Average	Read 413 Write 118 Mixed 153 49% 228 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 6.64 50% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 56.6 DQ Mixed 7.97 29% 67.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 239GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 93 101941480 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2469 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 196385219 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7288 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1286 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 19 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 555089951 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 600 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10380 (C2) HDA temperature 31 52 8589934623 (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 94459215746145 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21869663472 (F2) Unknown 100 253 487204137070	66.7% Good	Read 118 Write 114 Mixed 115 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 113%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 96GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 96 96 65544 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 93 (03) Spinup time 130 130 25787498807 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5752 (05) Reallocated sector count 44 44 1192 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11640 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4193 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5919 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5919 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 249108693023 (C4) Reallocation count 41 41 1248 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 285	64% Good	Read 110 Write 113 Mixed 116 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.29 75% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 PSD34G16002 Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 14GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 667, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.9% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.43 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8.2 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 27%

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Typical 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 253 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	105x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	38x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	21x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	6x

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Total price: $227

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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