MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.16% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 10 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '22 at 17:46
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Memory 81.4 1-Core 50.6 2-Core 104 50% 78.6 Pts	4-Core 205 8-Core 206 28% 205 Pts	64-Core 207 13% 207 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 226B) 2GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.09.06 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.16% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 9.9 Parallax 10.4 6% 9.3 fps	MRender 7.7 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 7 6% 7.5 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.16% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 166 158 161 170 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 384 Write 177 Mixed 207 SusWrite 160 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 13.1 96% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 29.6 46% 86.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 70%
GB0500C8046 500GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 408GB free Firmware: HPGC SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 105 104 103 105 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 91.8 Write 95.6 Mixed 54.9 SusWrite 103 63% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 60%
Kingston SNA-DC/U 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 222GB free, PID 6298 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 21.9 Write 23.7 Mixed 20.4 SusWrite 24.8 31% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 42% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5471-002.A00LF Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 Samsung M378B5673EH1-CH9 10GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 667, 667, 800, 667 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.3 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.7 21% 7.23 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 33%

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Gaming 21%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	222x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	100x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	77x

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 $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	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