MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 39.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	23.2% 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)
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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '19 at 19:17
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	39.1% Below average	Memory 62.4 1-Core 22.9 2-Core 42.6 31% 42.6 Pts	4-Core 88.2 8-Core 135 14% 112 Pts	64-Core 143 9% 143 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.2% Poor	Lighting 22.9 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 62.7 19% 39.2 fps	MRender 30.5 Gravity 46.5 Splatting 39.6 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 415 Write 350 Mixed 253 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 37.1 4K Mixed 27.3 90% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 64.1 DQ Mixed 108 76% 97.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 490GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 140 140 143 147 139 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 163 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 142 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 112%
WD My Book 1235 3TB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2.5TB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 23 23 24 24 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 27.7 Write 22.5 Mixed 24 SusWrite 23.8 33% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 102% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 60%
USB 2.0 Flash 4GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.7 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	4.63% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 2.2 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 3.6 6% 6.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.63% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 F3-1600C9-8GXM 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 800, 667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 7.6 23% 7.93 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 7.3 17% 5.83 GB/s	Latency 121 33% 121 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 49%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

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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 $269	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 $177	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