MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 42.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	33.9% 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	59.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 09:07
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	42.7% Average	Memory 70.2 1-Core 24.2 2-Core 44.6 34% 46.3 Pts	4-Core 85.2 8-Core 146 14% 116 Pts	64-Core 145 9% 145 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Zotac(19DA 1375) 2GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.9% Below average	Lighting 42.9 Reflection 45.7 Parallax 41.2 35% 43.2 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 41.4 Splatting 36.8 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 175GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 68931828 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -94618129520570 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 333 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 78 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 47 94492360736 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 94492360736 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 68931828 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 68931828 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 68931828 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 98784247809 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2892 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1414 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1414 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2749 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1310725	55% Above average	Read 477 Write 236 Mixed 308 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 29.7 4K Mixed 14.6 60% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 87.2 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 38 38% 61.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 84%
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^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 10265 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 336 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 187 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9175257 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C2) HDA temperature 63 57 184685101093 (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 96 (E9) Unknown 100 100 16380 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12372 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7534 (F4) Unknown 100 100 140 (F5) Unknown 100 100 217 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4841184	59.5% Above average	Read 472 Write 341 Mixed 362 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 25 4K Mixed 12.9 56% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 77.8 DQ Write 50.1 DQ Mixed 13.8 24% 47.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 662GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 173 1650 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1122 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5777 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 216 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15339 (C2) HDA temperature 107 96 36 (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	88.9% Excellent	Read 158 Write 152 Mixed 151 116% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.33 118% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 637GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 179480584 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3960 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18671820 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 847 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032842 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 655884325 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 100066 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 81604378661 (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 -80749680127028 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5688614398 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47404119205	98% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 158 Mixed 143 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.17 84% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 112%

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 way below expectations (4^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 13 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 72%

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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 $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) $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