MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 63.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151208
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '18 at 21:41
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$57 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	63.1% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 74.2 2-Core 138 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 216 29% 216 Pts	64-Core 220 14% 220 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% PNY(196E 1138) 2GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Lighting 45.9 Reflection 45.5 Parallax 40.4 37% 43.9 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 37.3 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 108 130 128 111 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 137 Write 128 Mixed 72 SusWrite 116 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 4x8GB 2,056 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.2% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 77%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 253 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	105x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	38x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	21x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	6x

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Total price: $227

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16