MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


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 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 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	46.1% 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	63.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '16 at 16:04
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	21%

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 FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 68.4 2-Core 120 59% 93.2 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 321 33% 268 Pts	64-Core 336 21% 336 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2311.0 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.1% Average	Lighting 54.1 Reflection 58.5 Parallax 62.6 44% 58.4 fps	MRender 60.3 Gravity 52.5 Splatting 67.5 50% 60.1 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1418 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 192 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 114 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524312 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2177	63.9% Good	Read 394 Write 384 Mixed 325 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 12.6 77% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 81.3 DQ Mixed 13.6 22% 41.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 99%
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 90GB free Firmware: O1230C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 103 (A3) Unknown 100 100 49 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4629 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6858 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5130 (F5) Unknown 100 100 9258	43% Average	Read 324 Write 176 Mixed 186 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 27.8 4K Mixed 9.27 61% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 48.3 DQ Mixed 10.6 16% 28.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 91%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 128 128 42980213242 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 94 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 94 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 184685035551 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	85.4% Excellent	Read 147 Write 150 Mixed 73.9 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.39 116% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GY1600D364L10/8G 4x8GB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 13.3 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 62%

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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	221x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
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 $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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