MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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	58.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '18 at 16:34
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 78.5 2-Core 149 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 457 45% 367 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2194 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.6% Above average	Lighting 73.2 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 70.2 60% 74.7 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 68.1 Splatting 69.4 57% 69.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^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 9979 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1269 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 189 189 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 742 (C2) HDA temperature 76 62 163209805848 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	61.2% Good	Read 383 Write 297 Mixed 194 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 47.5 4K Mixed 21.2 83% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 77.9 DQ Mixed 20.1 25% 41.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 109%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 102GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 29.9 Write 26.9 Mixed 25.7 21% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 3.23 4K Mixed 0.31 107% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 65%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 71GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 167 1908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 629 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2918 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3142 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 27 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 52% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x8GB 1,361 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 18.2 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 54%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	221x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	77x

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 $80Bench 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 $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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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