MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.1% 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	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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '17 at 09:57
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 69.3 2-Core 131 62% 97.6 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 371 38% 310 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.1% Poor	Lighting 25 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 23.4 20% 25.8 fps	MRender 35.7 Gravity 25 Splatting 32.6 26% 31.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Fastdisk 120G 120GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 111GB free Firmware: 2015 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 118 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1103 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1021 (A0) Unknown 100 100 13102 (A1) Unknown 100 100 154 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 13 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3994112 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12602 (A6) Unknown 100 100 858 (A7) Unknown 100 100 955 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 296 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 9068 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (F1) Unknown 100 100 288483 (F2) Unknown 100 100 564243 (F5) Unknown 100 100 7064003	57.7% Above average	Read 447 Write 202 Mixed 265 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 4.71 74% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 26 56% 115 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 58%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 480GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 167 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1899 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10877 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1419 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 2 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 606011424 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 325 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1593 (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	96.5% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 141 Mixed 146 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.32 102% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.9% Average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 14.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 12.3 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 67%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) - $72

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	222x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	100x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	78x

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 $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16