MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	90.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	17.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 18:40
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 71.7 2-Core 132 59% 96.1 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 390 38% 312 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 138 Parallax 134 90% 128 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$84 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 202 177 139 141 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 392 Write 306 Mixed 254 SusWrite 171 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 26.4 88% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 208 166% 232 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 107%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 179 179 180 181 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 187 Mixed 94.8 SusWrite 180 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BD160B.C16 CT102464BD160B.C16 CT51264BA1339.C16F CT51264BA1339.D16F 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 800, 800, 667, 667 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 11.5 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 11.2 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 37%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $175Bench 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 $261	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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