MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	19.4% 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)
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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '15 at 04:34
Run Duration	375 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 69 2-Core 128 45% 98.6 Pts	4-Core 253 8-Core 352 38% 302 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 44% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760 (192-bit) 10,656 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8477) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.5012 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Lighting 23.1 Reflection 22.7 Parallax 28.2 19% 24.7 fps	MRender 33.1 Gravity 21.7 Splatting 22.6 21% 25.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 64GB-$25 656 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 20GB free Firmware: X231600 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 164 100 164 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 129 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 93 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 43 184685166627 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 142 (F1) Unknown 253 253 139 (F2) Unknown 253 253 87 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	55.8% Above average	Read 338 Write 143 Mixed 197 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 19.9 91% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 40.4 59% 109 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 79%
Sandisk U110 32GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 0GB free Firmware: U221000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 456 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 323 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4936 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 40 180389347368 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2 (F1) Unknown 100 100 77526033 (F2) Unknown 100 100 265030126	37.1% Below average	Read 419 Write 91.7 Mixed 87.1 43% 199 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 16.2 4K Mixed 8.3 46% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 18.3 DQ Mixed 9.23 12% 21.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 40%
WD VelociRaptor 250GB-$35 3,015 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 151 1216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 47 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3502 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 18 (C2) HDA temperature 107 105 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	92.2% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 150 Mixed 125 111% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 4.37 4K Mixed 0.41 153% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 111%
WD WD3000BLFS-08YBU0 300GB 753 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 108GB free Firmware: 04.04V06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 207 194 2608 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2542 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2531 (C0) Power-off retract count 194 194 4551 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5129 (C2) HDA temperature 103 91 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.3% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 97.1 Mixed 78.2 68% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.63 159% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 71%
Kingspec KSD-SA25.7-016MJ 16GB 0GB free Firmware: SVN454 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1269 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1762 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 161 161 62784371 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 257700003880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0

STT USB_DRAMDISK 64GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 26GB free, PID 0316 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 188 Write 68.2 Mixed 9.44 83% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.21 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 24% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 44%

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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	965x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	413x
FX-8320AMD $203Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	264x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	169x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	150x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	142x

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	141x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	48x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	35x

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