MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 39%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics7.24% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7693
MotherboardMSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)  (all builds)
Memory13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151221
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 11 '16 at 19:16
Run Duration103 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 38%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-4300-$73
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
41.2% Average
Memory 70.7
1-Core 23.1
2-Core 43.2
34% 45.7 Pts
4-Core 70.3
8-Core 74
10% 72.2 Pts
64-Core 71.9
4% 71.9 Pts
Poor: 36%
This bench: 41.2%
Great: 60%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670
MSI(1462 2530) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
7.24% Terrible
Lighting 9.2
Reflection 9.08
Parallax 7.19
8% 8.49 fps
MRender 8.9
Gravity 6.43
Splatting 9.04
7% 8.13 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 7.24%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB
210GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
46.3% Average
Read 83.6
Write 78.1
Mixed 86.9
63% 82.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.57
4K Write 0.36
4K Mixed 0.22
56% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 46.3%
Great: 53%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
28.6% Poor
MC Read 11.5
MC Write 7.3
MC Mixed 11.2
29% 10 GB/s
SC Read 6.1
SC Write 5
SC Mixed 8
18% 6.37 GB/s
Latency 99.7
40% 99.7 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 28.6%
Great: 74%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 970 GAMING (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 2,303 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

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