MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.97% 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	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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 17:50
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 72 2-Core 147 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 438 43% 352 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 04C5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 820 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	5.97% Terrible	Lighting 7.23 Reflection 9.08 Parallax 8.84 6% 8.38 fps	MRender 7.62 Gravity 6.27 Splatting 8.26 6% 7.38 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.97% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 555GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 63 239591054 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 660 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 157443653 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3130 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 664 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 538312735 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 668 (C2) HDA temperature 31 10 42949672991 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 239591054 (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 -97212289774536 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18162496462 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18765526160	93% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 157 Mixed 151 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.28 81% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 112%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$22 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 214GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 91 153168456 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 19033 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 149412717 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7819 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1898 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 2845 (BC) Unknown 100 98 65568 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 46 538443808 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 230669 (C2) HDA temperature 32 54 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 51 153168456 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	29.6% Poor	Read 51.1 Write 52 Mixed 52 39% 51.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.28 67% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G CT51264BA160BJ.M8F PSD34G160081 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.3% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 9 28% 9.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 9.7 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 49%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	960x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	412x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	264x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	166x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	149x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	141x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	140x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	47x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	34x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16