MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '18 at 15:10
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 74.9 2-Core 147 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 448 46% 374 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 171 Parallax 187 97% 159 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 181 Splatting 128 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB 3,901 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT08D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 102 100 99 99 102 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 460 Write 110 Mixed 126 SusWrite 102 43% 199 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 48.9 4K Mixed 21 89% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 60.5 72% 128 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$49 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 94GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 187 186 186 188 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 123 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 187 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 17GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 76 77 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 69.2 Write 71 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 76.4 86% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 104% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 45%
SONY Mass Storage 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID e1ba Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 20 4.1 2.2 2.2 2.1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	9.05% Terrible	Read 31 Write 12.3 Mixed 12 SusWrite 7.9 18% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 54% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.05% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BA160BJ.M8F CT51264BA160BJ.C8F CT51264BA160BJ.C8F CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.8% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 16.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 11.8 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 47%

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	223x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	100x
FX-8320AMD $203Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	78x

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 $36Bench 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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