MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	10.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	50.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '16 at 03:14
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 (98^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 89 1-Core 69.8 2-Core 130 60% 96.4 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 346 37% 297 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250X 12,863 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E252) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 16 Parallax 15.6 9% 14.3 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 11.1 Splatting 18 12% 14.1 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 60GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17652201 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 52639119179776 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 36 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 31 73016475679 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17652201 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17652201 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17652201 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24 (EA) Unknown 0 0 34 (F1) Unknown 0 0 34 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8	50.5% Above average	Read 318 Write 142 Mixed 199 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 13.4 91% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33.7 DQ Write 90.4 DQ Mixed 15 25% 46.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 74%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 257GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2318 (03) Spinup time 136 134 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1013 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1003 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 429 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 583 (C2) HDA temperature 110 91 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4248 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	41.2% Average	Read 117 Write 26.8 Mixed 30.1 42% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.18 59% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 362 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.9% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8.7 26% 8.97 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 62%

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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) $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