MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.6% 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	53.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 21:54
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 73.7 2-Core 146 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 414 44% 349 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B E249) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Lighting 40.8 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 51.1 33% 40.5 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 38 Splatting 36.4 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9007624 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 87454124082431 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 911 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 89 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 39 68722032663 (C2) HDA temperature 23 39 68722032663 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9007624 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9007624 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9007624 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 34359738368 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7223 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6965 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6965 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4521 (F4) Unknown 99 99 5308468	53.5% Above average	Read 379 Write 122 Mixed 180 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 13.8 88% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 35.3 50% 92.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 236GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 2400 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 940 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 670 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 710 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1780 (C2) HDA temperature 119 108 24 (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	55.9% Above average	Read 115 Write 79.2 Mixed 91.2 72% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.4% Average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.5 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 62%

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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 $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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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