MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 10:02
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 144 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 414 42% 341 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.1% Very good	Lighting 92.1 Reflection 106 Parallax 94.2 75% 97.3 fps	MRender 92.8 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 96.8 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 647GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 136 3908 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1211 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11944 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1193 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 246 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 163 163 111391 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 28 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.6% Very good	Read 124 Write 125 Mixed 119 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.26 94% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 252GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 64825736 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 736 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24509928 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3012 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 261 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 64 538181663 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15823 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 60129542175 (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 -120207544678432 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20702745472 (F2) Unknown 100 253 66969974903	75.6% Very good	Read 155 Write 109 Mixed 131 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.13 56% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 104GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 161457088 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 467 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18425355 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4080 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 365 (B7) Unknown 77 77 23 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 17180132288 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 555155489 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18106 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 73014444065 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 941 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -130412386973375 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6742238029 (F2) Unknown 100 253 62708708257	67.8% Good	Read 111 Write 124 Mixed 104 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.29 4K Mixed 0.7 205% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 112%
ADATA HD650 1TB 1,807 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 70GB free, PID a35a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	33% Below average	Read 84.6 Write 79 Mixed 82.5 105% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.15 45% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50% Average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 18.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.6 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 73%

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

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Gaming 23%

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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 $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) $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