MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '17 at 11:44
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 68.8 2-Core 128 58% 94 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 344 34% 278 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 82 Reflection 80.6 Parallax 76.4 67% 79.6 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 73.9 60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 169137160 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 241 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6530142 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 813 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 70 386727959 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10138 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 51539607575 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 7249904796151 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4258550914 (F2) Unknown 100 253 55025750391	95.5% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 157 Mixed 166 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 788GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 178021496 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 373 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43792389 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1207 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 456 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 15 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 61 403636248 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 431 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 60129542168 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -1395864369958 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8662203972 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26376157603	92.8% Outstanding	Read 138 Write 185 Mixed 126 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 5.24 4K Mixed 0.4 168% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 16GB 2,172 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 800, 933 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.2% Below average	MC Read 10 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 9 28% 9.67 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 9.4 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

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 $175Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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