MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '16 at 22:25
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 60.1 2-Core 115 56% 87.9 Pts	4-Core 219 8-Core 369 36% 294 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 1370) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6519 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 72.8 Parallax 59.2 63% 69.7 fps	MRender 80.9 Gravity 77 Splatting 68.3 61% 75.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q 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 99 99 1228 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 488 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3529971606	54.4% Above average	Read 289 Write 295 Mixed 246 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 14.7 78% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 55.2 DQ Mixed 15.3 19% 32.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 124%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 186GB free, PID 1023 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 28.7 Write 25.6 Mixed 26.7 34% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.14 53% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C11D3/4GX KHX2133C11D3/8GX 12GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 800, 800 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.7 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 46%

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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 $90Bench 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 $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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16