MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 21% Surfboard


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 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 52.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	51% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 14:42
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	41%

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 Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Memory 78.5 1-Core 47 2-Core 85.5 46% 70.3 Pts	4-Core 153 8-Core 177 22% 165 Pts	64-Core 196 12% 196 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3081) CLim: 977 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	51% Above average	Lighting 62.7 Reflection 56 Parallax 76.2 51% 65 fps	MRender 56.3 Gravity 51.6 Splatting 73.4 51% 60.5 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4132 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 837 (B1) Unknown 82 82 88 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 42 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 165 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16645866690	60% Above average	Read 462 Write 253 Mixed 264 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 32.4 4K Mixed 12.3 78% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 59.8 DQ Mixed 25.6 34% 62.4 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 376GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 10088 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1874 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35653026 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 39076 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 741 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 88 2589927474167 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 47 437714970 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5530 (C2) HDA temperature 26 53 68719476762 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 19 6 10088 (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 -23377506986298 (F1) Unknown 100 253 429046651 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2637525859	48.7% Average	Read 89.6 Write 78.4 Mixed 77 61% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.38 4K Mixed 0.47 199% 2.51 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 75%
WDC WD10 EARS-00Z5B1 1TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 246GB free, PID 0400 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 70.6 Write 68.5 Mixed 48.1 78% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.14 63% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G Nanya M2F8G64CB8HC9N-DI 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 800, 800 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23.6% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 7.3 22% 7.83 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 5.4 14% 4.9 GB/s	Latency 83.3 48% 83.3 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 44%

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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 $51Bench 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	35x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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