MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	158% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '21 at 18:35
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 65.6 2-Core 118 58% 90.7 Pts	4-Core 203 8-Core 329 32% 266 Pts	64-Core 315 20% 315 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 78.1 Parallax 71.3 61% 74.9 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 74 Splatting 71.3 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111130WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 622 753 758 832 805 808 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,052 Write 845 Mixed 915 SusWrite 763 201% 894 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 50.5 168% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 441 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 414 302% 394 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 297%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C10-4GXM F3-17000CL11-4GBXL F3-2133C10-4GXM F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1067, 1067, 1067, 1067 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	49.7% Average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 17.1 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 12.5 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 69.6 57% 69.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	6	60	23.8"	1280 720	ACR06BF VG240Y

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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 $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 $269	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 $177	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