MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 20:09
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 74.3 2-Core 136 62% 99.5 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 457 43% 358 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 64%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 812GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 134762434 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 694 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 166710595 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3285 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 698 (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 74 56 454295578 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 704 (C2) HDA temperature 26 10 42949672986 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 134762434 (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 26822070766803 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19811118950 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20385497780	93.9% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 168 Mixed 136 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.29 87% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 287GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 91 84296288 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 19158 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 149586799 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1933 (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 73 46 454426651 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 231432 (C2) HDA temperature 27 54 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 51 84296288 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	33.6% Below average	Read 57.4 Write 59.6 Mixed 52.9 42% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.43 88% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 43%
Samsung Flash Drive FIT 128GB 3,370 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 101GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 26.2 Write 12.8 Mixed 23.9 26% 21 MB/s	4K Read 2.83 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.73 70% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 117%

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	48.8% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 17 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.9 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.8% 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 $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