MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	48.1% 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	38.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 10:46
Run Duration	330 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 61.7 2-Core 126 59% 93.1 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 380 37% 305 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Sapphire(174B E353) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1236 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Lighting 60 Reflection 63.8 Parallax 72.7 49% 65.5 fps	MRender 64.4 Gravity 53.6 Splatting 54 46% 57.3 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 120GB 4,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2429 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 698 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 80 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1245229 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 133 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3057	38.2% Below average	Read 1.64 Write 269 Mixed 251 40% 174 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 8.54 69% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 64.3 DQ Mixed 8.5 17% 33.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 463GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 80000438 (03) Spinup time 94 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12001 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 17230256401 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17186 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 28 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 4060 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 35 35 65 (BC) Unknown 100 95 47245426715 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 48 722862123 (C2) HDA temperature 43 52 55834574891 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 12 80000438 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 174 4028	58.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 97.8 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.44 112% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 59%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 270GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 229 222 8525 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16399 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21073 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5084 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 566 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16392 (C2) HDA temperature 104 88 46 (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 1 7076 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.6% Above average	Read 94.1 Write 99.3 Mixed 55.7 62% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.35 98% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 76%
Samsung S2 Portable 250GB 297 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 52GB free, PID 1f02 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 36 Write 38.1 Mixed 36.6 48% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.21 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.26 67% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.8% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13.5 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 72%

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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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Total price: $215

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