MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	27.1% 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	53.3% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141216
Uptime	10.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '17 at 22:40
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	40.4% Average	Memory 66.7 1-Core 24.4 2-Core 47.2 33% 46.1 Pts	4-Core 78.8 8-Core 118 12% 98.4 Pts	64-Core 128 8% 128 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.1% Poor	Lighting 29.6 Reflection 37.3 Parallax 51.8 24% 39.6 fps	MRender 48.1 Gravity 37.8 Splatting 36.7 33% 40.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 10024 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4901 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2345274772356 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 52 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 25 (AE) Unknown 100 100 39 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 52 223339675688 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622923458054 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5923 (EA) Unknown 100 100 31033 (F1) Unknown 253 253 25038 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11979 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	53.3% Above average	Read 450 Write 266 Mixed 234 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 21.6 4K Mixed 11.9 54% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 78.1 DQ Write 47.7 DQ Mixed 25.9 29% 50.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 101%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 197GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 175 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7607 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4868 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 51721 (C2) HDA temperature 118 103 29 (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	45% Average	Read 77.3 Write 78.9 Mixed 78 59% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.21 99% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 84%
Maxtor 6 Y120M0 123GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 35GB free Firmware: YAR51BW0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 202 201 16835 (04) Start/Stop count 244 244 18880 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 230 18 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 244 40125 (09) Power-on hours count 147 147 55376 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 225 225 11298 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 3387 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 285 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 231 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 1 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 23090 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 234 16 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 42 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 251 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 189 188 0 (63) Unknown 253 253 0 (64) Unknown 253 253 0 (65) Unknown 253 253 0	26.6% Poor	Read 52 Write 40.3 Mixed 53.6 37% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 31%
WD VelociRaptor 250GB-$35 3,015 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 16GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 152 1266 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8456 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6252 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8368 (C2) HDA temperature 116 90 27 (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	83.5% Excellent	Read 157 Write 133 Mixed 121 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.59 4K Write 4.35 4K Mixed 0.46 198% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL BL51264BA160A.16FH F3-12800CL9-4GBRL BL51264BA160A.16FH 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.7% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 13 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 7.5 17% 5.87 GB/s	Latency 109 36% 109 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 31%

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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	961x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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	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	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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16