MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


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 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '20 at 01:10
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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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-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 141 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 295 35% 272 Pts	64-Core 298 18% 298 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2039 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 70.5 64% 75.9 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 76.8 Splatting 79.3 63% 76.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TE128HMGR-000L1 128GB 5,980 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT06L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 83 70 54 54 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 438 Write 98 Mixed 131 SusWrite 66.6 40% 184 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 22.7 86% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 94.3 DQ Mixed 58.8 73% 133 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 79%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 373GB free Firmware: 1AG01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 48 44 42 38 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 65.5 Write 51.3 Mixed 30 SusWrite 42.2 35% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 59%
Fujitsu MHZ2160BH G2 160GB-$80 1,995 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 64GB free Firmware: 8909 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 35 33 33 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 39.8 Write 35.5 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 34.2 25% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 86% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 34%
Mass Storage 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.1 9.8 9.7 6.9 6.7 9.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	4.96% Terrible	Read 18.2 Write 7 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 8.6 11% 9.52 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.96% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 800, 933 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	45.5% Average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 16.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 46%

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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 $178	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