MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.3% 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	66.7% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	14.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 20:22
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 82.8 2-Core 165 67% 112 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 506 47% 392 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3606) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1355 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Lighting 47.3 Reflection 43.5 Parallax 57.8 39% 49.5 fps	MRender 58.7 Gravity 53.1 Splatting 41 41% 50.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SH920 2.5 128GB 854 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1010BL00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4764 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2019 (64) Unknown 100 100 2377979 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 331 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2220896 (B2) Unknown 100 100 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 17 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2479 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 50 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 0 55837392928 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 99 244642492 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8501 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5255 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5832 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 7745	66.7% Good	Read 491 Write 242 Mixed 375 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 20.3 80% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 51.7 72% 134 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 87%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 66GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2976 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2647 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 240 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2735 (C2) HDA temperature 110 86 33 (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	80.8% Excellent	Read 140 Write 141 Mixed 135 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.22 121% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 518 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.4% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 16 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.4 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 63%

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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) $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