MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '17 at 22:40
Run Duration	918 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6200 Six-Core-$40 5,908 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 65.6 2-Core 130 59% 94.7 Pts	4-Core 229 8-Core 298 34% 264 Pts	64-Core 299 18% 299 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PwrHis(1787 2339) 2GB CLim: 1160 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Lighting 28.2 Reflection 32 Parallax 34.1 23% 31.4 fps	MRender 27.5 Gravity 24.9 Splatting 32.8 24% 28.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 239290088 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 676 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 159712616 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3381 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 722 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 40 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 64 555614238 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1204 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 55834574878 (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 41652592840008 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27498320990 (F2) Unknown 100 253 615034844571	90.3% Outstanding	Read 136 Write 178 Mixed 79.7 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 5.25 4K Mixed 0.58 186% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 108%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 212GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 46 (03) Spinup time 166 162 4675 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10637 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6209 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 3764 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 153 153 141456 (C2) HDA temperature 115 82 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 26 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 26 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 56 (C8) Write error rate 200 185 9	42% Average	Read 75.1 Write 70.6 Mixed 30.9 43% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.27 94% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 72GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 123 (03) Spinup time 76 76 7910 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 9810 (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 96 96 18125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5463 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 123 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 246 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 53 521928732 (C2) HDA temperature 73 52 521863195 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 16606 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 32 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	46.1% Average	Read 81.9 Write 78.6 Mixed 38.7 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.36 106% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 62%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 72GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 4960 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5800 (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 97 97 15171 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3209 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 63 471466010 (C2) HDA temperature 74 57 471400474 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4155 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 99 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 56 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	32.7% Below average	Read 56.9 Write 56.4 Mixed 37.7 38% 50.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.55 131% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 69GB free Firmware: 3.CHN Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2708 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 17734137737 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2072 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 606142497 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 52 211908261 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34.7% Below average	Read 66.3 Write 54.3 Mixed 24.8 36% 48.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.36 103% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 44%
pqi IntelligentStick 16GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 15GB free, PID 0901 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	4.7% Terrible	Read 19 Write 4.66 Mixed 6.88 10% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.87 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.004 15% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.7% Great: 10%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 16,591 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 0GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	4.63% Terrible	Read 25.5 Write 3.84 Mixed 3.54 10% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.001 4K Mixed 0.001 2% 0.14 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.63% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 13 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 72%

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Typical 970 GAMING (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 2,303 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $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 $176	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