MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '17 at 23:28
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 79.8 2-Core 160 67% 111 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 485 48% 395 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1340 MHz, MLim: 2033 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 83.8 54% 73.6 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 64 Splatting 58 52% 64.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS12 11 240GB SSD 754 53 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 346 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1014 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 193 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 921 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 96 (E7) Temperature 100 100 35 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3 (EA) Unknown 0 0 39 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3749 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3998	87.9% Excellent	Read 472 Write 293 Mixed 354 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 34.2 134% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 67.3 95% 175 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 83%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 43GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 77524160606437 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2832 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1650 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 102 102 5012646 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1650 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 462147 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 48 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 462147 (F2) Unknown 100 100 433525 (F9) Unknown 100 100 15894	77.7% Very good	Read 523 Write 168 Mixed 230 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 20.6 132% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 53.9 76% 141 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 88%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 838GB free Firmware: GG15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 50 154892883 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 612 (05) Reallocated sector count 42 42 2400 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10126657 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 558 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 59 59 41 (BC) Unknown 100 84 21475164210 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 488308765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 313 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1101 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 81604378653 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 25 154892883 (C5) Current pending sector count 98 98 107 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 98 98 107 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	38.7% Below average	Read 35.1 Write 99.2 Mixed 75.7 53% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.47 112% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 74%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 217GB free Firmware: MX6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 164 164 34381562221 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1834 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3905 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 834 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1834 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1834 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 197569740829 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	86.1% Excellent	Read 157 Write 144 Mixed 139 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.19 85% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 108%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 43GB free Firmware: 10.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 165 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1419 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1387 (BE) vendor-specific 77 54 23 (C2) HDA temperature 120 97 23 (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	31.3% Below average	Read 54.1 Write 54.5 Mixed 53.2 41% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.43 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 18.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13.7 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 62%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $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) $35	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