MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	16% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (86%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130328
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '15 at 02:44
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	86%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 B60 1,386 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 29.3 2-Core 72.7 22% 51 Pts	4-Core 179 8-Core 220 26% 200 Pts	64-Core 220 14% 220 Pts
Poor: 46% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1046.0 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Lighting 20.9 Reflection 15.5 Parallax 19.7 17% 18.7 fps	MRender 13.8 Gravity 15.8 Splatting 20 14% 16.5 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 168 8316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 473 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 471 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 35512 (C2) HDA temperature 119 110 33 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.4% Good	Read 107 Write 110 Mixed 96.1 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.23 68% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 83%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 190608704 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 147 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24713632 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 65 555352097 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 182 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 60129542177 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 73632919323141 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9758088441 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7260293054	88.3% Excellent	Read 162 Write 145 Mixed 89.9 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 4.65 4K Mixed 0.37 146% 1.82 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 94%

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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 $38Bench 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 $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

MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)