MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '18 at 00:38
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 71.5 2-Core 140 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 390 39% 317 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 143 Parallax 140 81% 128 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 135 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 124GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 129 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 686 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4928 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 669 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1914 (C2) HDA temperature 103 99 40 (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	81.8% Excellent	Read 172 Write 113 Mixed 118 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.26 82% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 87%
Maxtor 6L200S0 204GB 533 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: BACE1G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 175 172 24010 (04) Start/Stop count 249 249 9248 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 2 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 251 0 (08) Seek timer performance 246 232 34179 (09) Power-on hours count 177 177 19211 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 205 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 238 238 6222 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 253 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 251 5212 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 20266 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 2 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 205 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 240 240 162 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 49 0	14.9% Very poor	Read 25.7 Write 25.3 Mixed 30.3 21% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.33 93% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 32%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 153 Write 39 Mixed 62.8 88% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.87 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.56 121% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 10.2 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 11 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 72%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $129Bench 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 $125	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