MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 41.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	34.3% 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	45.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 02:48
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41.5% Average	Memory 67.6 1-Core 24 2-Core 44.2 33% 45.3 Pts	4-Core 85.9 8-Core 138 14% 112 Pts	64-Core 142 9% 142 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.3% Below average	Lighting 42.8 Reflection 46.8 Parallax 41.9 35% 43.8 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 43.7 Splatting 38.8 33% 40.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14428 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1884 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 40 40 1813 (AE) Unknown 100 100 115 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 49 219043332126 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 13 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 40 40 60 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 27073652398 (F7) Unknown 100 100 122091903 (F8) Unknown 100 100 529457174	45.2% Average	Read 461 Write 136 Mixed 214 59% 270 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 23.7 4K Mixed 15.9 56% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 15.8 DQ Write 36 DQ Mixed 9.99 12% 20.6 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 998GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 24523752 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4945 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 56 51579542002 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17742 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2069 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 43 82126438431 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 28 28 145447 (C2) HDA temperature 31 57 64424509471 (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 134526965651883 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36579519508 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19141763593	84.9% Excellent	Read 147 Write 150 Mixed 141 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.22 69% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 114%
WD Blue 80GB (2007)-$75 3,492 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 55GB free Firmware: 05.06H05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6440 (03) Spinup time 159 157 3033 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2534 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29832 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 983 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2534 (C2) HDA temperature 112 85 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 198 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 198 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 47 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.8% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 66.5 Mixed 63.5 50% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.41 104% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 12.3 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 7.8 17% 6.1 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 85%

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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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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