MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Jet ski	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 43%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.93% 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	72.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	16 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '19 at 23:31
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 X6 1045T-$165 5,709 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	43% Average	Memory 56.5 1-Core 13.2 2-Core 93.2 32% 54.3 Pts	4-Core 160 8-Core 237 25% 198 Pts	64-Core 226 14% 226 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8094) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	5.93% Terrible	Lighting 7.27 Reflection 8.92 Parallax 8.94 6% 8.38 fps	MRender 7.19 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 8 6% 7.16 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.93% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 244 248 245 244 238 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 425 Write 374 Mixed 326 SusWrite 257 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 26.7 92% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 253 188% 248 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 82 82 81 82 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 82.8 Write 47.5 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 80.4 48% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB-$55 4,103 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 227GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 64 64 64 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 71.5 Write 66.5 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 63.5 46% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 67%
SanDisk SDDR-113 32GB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 18GB free, PID a7c1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7.5 Write 10.3 Mixed 8.8 12% 8.87 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 62% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KP223C-ELD PSD38G16002 KP223C-ELD PSD38G16002 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.3% Poor	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 12.3 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 3.1 SC Mixed 4.7 12% 4.07 GB/s	Latency 138 29% 138 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 29%

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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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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	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 $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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: 80% - Very good

Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16