MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 60.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	15.7% 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	71% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '17 at 15:35
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.3% Good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 63.9 2-Core 123 56% 89.6 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 323 33% 267 Pts	64-Core 317 20% 317 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 3554) 2GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Lighting 18.6 Reflection 17.1 Parallax 25.3 15% 20.3 fps	MRender 23.2 Gravity 23.3 Splatting 16.9 17% 21.1 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN512HMJP-000L7 512GB 1,627 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAV02L6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 111 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 49 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 1 (AE) Unknown 99 99 18 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1536 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 54 197570002984 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 16763233 (F1) Unknown 99 99 674 (F2) Unknown 99 99 541 (F9) Unknown 99 99 674	71% Very good	Read 385 Write 373 Mixed 340 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 24.9 99% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 39 DQ Write 82.8 DQ Mixed 27.4 30% 49.7 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 132%
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB 40,079 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 372GB free Firmware: 0002LIM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 205326328 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1196 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 4972375339 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -79246441572553 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1195 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 38 17803051045 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 334 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5422 (C2) HDA temperature 37 62 73014444069 (C4) Reallocation count 94 94 725849478943 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	68.1% Good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 86.3 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.17 79% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 77%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 119GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 85 85 5310 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 1591 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1470 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 67 522059806 (C2) HDA temperature 70 66 521994270 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4367 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	37.5% Below average	Read 72.5 Write 57.7 Mixed 64.7 49% 65 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.38 96% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 59%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 85GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 156 800 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1862 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7742 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1859 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 53691 (C2) HDA temperature 108 88 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 90 90 7345	53.3% Above average	Read 95.1 Write 90.6 Mixed 61.7 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.31 75% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 60%
HooToo iPlugmate 64GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 9GB free, PID 1081 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	9.96% Terrible	Read 27.5 Write 14.5 Mixed 18.7 24% 20.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.46 50% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.96% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.9% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 10.4 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 62%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) - $72

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	222x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	100x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	28x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16