MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.93% 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	60.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '16 at 13:49
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 138 61% 98.8 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 315 35% 276 Pts	64-Core 316 20% 316 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4770 1,570 User benchmarks, average bench 8% AMD(1002 0D00) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	7.93% Terrible	Lighting 9.47 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 8.75 8% 9.46 fps	MRender 8.19 Gravity 7.97 Splatting 13.1 8% 9.76 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.93% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD PLUS 480GB 5,109 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 315GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1019 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 326 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12976289 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 56 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 576 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 65 279174119458 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 197571248174 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1403 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3309 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2783 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4172 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	60.5% Good	Read 307 Write 315 Mixed 185 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 16.2 90% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 90.6 DQ Mixed 16.1 25% 44.5 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 165 6058 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 913 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 199 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2839 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 912 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 572 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14112 (C2) HDA temperature 122 89 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 192 200 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.6% Good	Read 101 Write 111 Mixed 24.8 57% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 771GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 164 5875 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1163 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1073 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1418 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16754 (C2) HDA temperature 119 90 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.8% Average	Read 78.7 Write 91.2 Mixed 10.5 43% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 67%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 643GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 149 12041 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1420 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1186 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 325 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13651 (C2) HDA temperature 120 86 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.6% Good	Read 110 Write 105 Mixed 25.1 58% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.36 113% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 480GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 173 159 6308 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1925 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1673 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1265 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 41980 (C2) HDA temperature 121 88 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 23 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 14 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 199 199 374	46.1% Average	Read 69.4 Write 91.2 Mixed 39.1 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Dark-1600 1x8GB 525 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 8.6 26% 9.03 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 8.3 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 34%

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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	222x
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 $38Bench 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 $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 $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