MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '19 at 13:19
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 48.3 2-Core 123 55% 87.6 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 423 40% 334 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 74.2 63% 76.4 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 76.1 60% 73 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 110GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 220 206 219 179 230 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 432 Mixed 434 SusWrite 221 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 50.1 166% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 28.2 85% 183 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 128%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 74 70 70 70 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 456 Write 428 Mixed 368 SusWrite 98.1 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 45.1 139% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 248 183% 242 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 118 117 117 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 113 Write 116 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 117 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 69%
USB2.0 FlashDisk 1GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 2093 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.2 2.6 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	2.25% Terrible	Read 7.5 Write 0.8 Mixed 1.5 SusWrite 2.4 3% 3.05 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 10% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.25% Great: 6%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 503GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 98 98 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 121 Write 105 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 98.4 129% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.7 165% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.7% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 16.8 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 23%

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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 $75Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16