MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 41.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	29.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	106% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	16.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '17 at 17:21
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th 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 4.2 GHz, turbo 1.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41.6% Average	Memory 67.4 1-Core 24 2-Core 44.3 33% 45.2 Pts	4-Core 87.9 8-Core 148 14% 118 Pts	64-Core 147 9% 147 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 3208) CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Lighting 37.5 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 30.8 31% 34.1 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 32.7 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 193GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2954 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1378 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 501 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C2) HDA temperature 71 63 158914773021 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 81 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 71 (F2) Unknown 100 100 43 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 24384	64.4% Good	Read 490 Write 457 Mixed 475 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 9.53 51% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 47.4 DQ Write 40.9 DQ Mixed 9.42 17% 32.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 111%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 29 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3615 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1706 (64) Unknown 100 100 3440384 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 52 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 270583988256 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 29 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 7 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 29 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4839 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4283 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2211 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3029	106% Outstanding	Read 975 Write 730 Mixed 852 190% 852 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 12.6 70% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 45.2 DQ Mixed 12.5 16% 27.4 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 159%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 69GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3282948 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 103800769613218 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1820 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 39 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 34 64426737693 (C2) HDA temperature 29 34 64426737693 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3282948 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3282948 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3282948 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 38654705664 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1151 (EA) Unknown 0 0 744 (F1) Unknown 0 0 744 (F2) Unknown 0 0 594 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1507335	46.8% Average	Read 475 Write 123 Mixed 170 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 10.8 64% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.4 DQ Write 46.3 DQ Mixed 16 17% 27.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 12.5 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 8 19% 6.57 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $175Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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