MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 37% Jet ski	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 45.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.73% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	15.9 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '17 at 07:27
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Memory 63.1 1-Core 11.6 2-Core 70.7 32% 48.5 Pts	4-Core 149 8-Core 214 23% 182 Pts	64-Core 211 13% 211 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS 18,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% EVGA(3842 1300) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.73% Terrible	Lighting 0.93 Reflection 1.27 Parallax 0.5 1% 0.9 fps	MRender 0.76 Gravity 0.63 Splatting 0.96 1% 0.78 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.73% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4728 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 466 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 55 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6246417129	65.3% Good	Read 460 Write 363 Mixed 397 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 23.6 4K Mixed 20.4 70% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 61.4 DQ Write 68.9 DQ Mixed 40.4 37% 56.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 124%
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 (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 174 7933 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1858 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10403 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 850 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 77245 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 34 (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	59.4% Above average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 102 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.27 107% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 926GB free Firmware: CC56 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 141314640 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1416 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 54 73042197889 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 767 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 622329889 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1424 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 68719476769 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 98389110820207 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6608090304 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3913729164	92.8% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 158 Mixed 148 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.24 102% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB-$55 4,103 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 227GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 21676690 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1409 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 55 12885962178 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3456 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 471 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 639238178 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 85899345954 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 33 21676690 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 120675696118873 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2962783356 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1325071771	38.5% Below average	Read 65.6 Write 68.2 Mixed 68.9 51% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.48 104% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 67%
SanDisk SDDR-113 64GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 39GB free, PID a7c1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 18.4 Write 17.3 Mixed 17 22% 17.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.12 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.41 62% 1.54 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 19%

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	27.7% Poor	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 11.2 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 2.9 SC Mixed 4.8 12% 4.27 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 29%

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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) $30	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