MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 46.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.07% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '16 at 12:13
Run Duration	620 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 B05e 6 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Memory 71.1 1-Core 33 2-Core 66.5 39% 56.9 Pts	4-Core 127 8-Core 127 17% 127 Pts	64-Core 123 8% 123 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 04B3) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.07% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 1.54 Parallax 1.59 1% 1.49 fps	MRender 1.48 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 1.39 1% 1.26 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.07% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 23497759 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 73186242729449 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 374 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 103 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 40 73017065498 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 73017065498 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23497759 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23497759 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23497759 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10312 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4946 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4946 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5326 (F4) Unknown 99 99 196739130	41.5% Average	Read 306 Write 110 Mixed 160 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 11.2 68% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.7 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 13.4 23% 42.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 73%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 112GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 182 5566 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2331 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7385 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 947 (BE) vendor-specific 69 45 31 (C2) HDA temperature 119 95 31 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29.4% Poor	Read 50.9 Write 51.2 Mixed 39.2 35% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 35%
Kingston DataTraveler 101 G2 USB 2.0 8GB-$6 2,874 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 1642 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	3.48% Terrible	Read 15.9 Write 2.53 Mixed 4.16 7% 7.54 MB/s	4K Read 2.48 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.009 10% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.48% Great: 7%
TDKMedia Trans-It Drive 64GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 1GB free, PID 061a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	5.27% Terrible	Read 18.7 Write 5.96 Mixed 5.58 10% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.21 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.005 20% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.27% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5673FH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 8GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30% Poor	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 11.4 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 8.1 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 98.8 40% 98.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 53%

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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 $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 $76Bench 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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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $260

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16