MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.6% 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	34.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 26 '21 at 20:01
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing as expected (54^th 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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 68.5 2-Core 143 61% 99.9 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 415 44% 350 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3080) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 70.8 Reflection 91.6 Parallax 99 58% 87.1 fps	MRender 63.7 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 44.2 46% 57.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 55%
Nvidia Quadro 600 15,964 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 0835) 1GB CLim: 640 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 353.62 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.04% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 5.5 Parallax 1.1 3% 3.4 fps	MRender 5.2 Gravity 4.2 Splatting 3 3% 4.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.04% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1205E SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 25 34 18 23 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 386 Write 338 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 65.8 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 21.8 4K Mixed 1.3 46% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 98 DQ Mixed 18.2 26% 46.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 59%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$109 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 492GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 115 116 117 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 70.5 Write 67.2 Mixed 46.9 SusWrite 115 55% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3400620AS 400GB-$55 3,016 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 307GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 31 31 31 36 66 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 66.7 Write 26.1 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 37.2 30% 40.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 60% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.9% Above average	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 19.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 14.1 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $129Bench 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 $37Bench 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 $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) $30	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