MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive67.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7693
MotherboardMSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)  (all builds)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, , , ,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151221
Uptime6.2 Days
Run DateMar 28 '20 at 04:03
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
69% Good
Memory 92.6
1-Core 70.6
2-Core 131
62% 98.1 Pts
4-Core 247
8-Core 436
41% 342 Pts
64-Core 422
26% 422 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 69%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510
EVGA(3842 3161) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.74
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 117
Parallax 133
103% 125 fps
MRender 178
Gravity 113
Splatting 102
104% 131 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 103%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SK hynix SC308 SATA 256GB
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 30001P10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 239 218 217 215 197 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
67.5% Good
Read 445
Write 259
Mixed 215
SusWrite 220
63% 285 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 44.4
4K Mixed 22.2
87% 30 MB/s
DQ Read 198
DQ Write 241
DQ Mixed 180
147% 206 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 67.5%
Great: 86%
Toshiba Ext HDD 1TB
722GB free, PID b001
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 108 108 107 108 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
42.9% Average
Read 97.4
Write 96.4
Mixed 35.8
SusWrite 107
112% 84.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 42.9%
Great: 43%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.5% Above average
MC Read 22.3
MC Write 14.6
MC Mixed 19.3
54% 18.7 GB/s
SC Read 11.6
SC Write 8.8
SC Mixed 14.3
33% 11.6 GB/s
Latency 63
64% 63 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 52.5%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical 970 GAMING (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 2,303 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $289
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