MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 46.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 18:14
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Memory 74.5 1-Core 29.8 2-Core 55.1 38% 53.1 Pts	4-Core 104 8-Core 154 16% 129 Pts	64-Core 164 10% 164 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63.9% Good	Lighting 66.1 Reflection 88.8 Parallax 99.2 54% 84.7 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 104 Splatting 102 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20092 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2905 (E8) Unknown 100 100 54691055570 (E9) Unknown 92 0 92	62.5% Good	Read 403 Write 391 Mixed 387 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 14.8 68% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 68.6 DQ Mixed 14.8 20% 35.2 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 104%
Hitachi HTS541010A7E630 1TB 20,023 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 915GB free Firmware: SE0OA4A0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 76 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 121 100 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4382 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 655440 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 4167 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 4366 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 1 48378511952609 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 488570910 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 29041 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1441814 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 68393 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 10 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 80 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	59% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 102 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.15 67% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 60%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 511GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 108 (03) Spinup time 172 157 6391 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6203 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2163 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 350 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6197 (C2) HDA temperature 113 91 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 192 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 286328 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.4% Below average	Read 61.6 Write 54.5 Mixed 61.9 45% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.28 78% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. RMR5040MM58F9F1600 RMR5040MM58F9F1600 16GB 800, 800, 800 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.9% Poor	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 7.6 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 7.3 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 91.4 44% 91.4 ns

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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 $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	411x
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	140x

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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