MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	40.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '16 at 03:16
Run Duration	372 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 73.8 2-Core 148 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 434 44% 357 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1700 MHz, MLim: 1977 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Lighting 52.2 Reflection 50.5 Parallax 44.4 43% 49.1 fps	MRender 43.9 Gravity 46.9 Splatting 41.9 36% 44.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4817 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1024 (B1) Unknown 98 98 17 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 48 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 12 (EB) Unknown 99 99 215 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10976215673	75.7% Very good	Read 492 Write 321 Mixed 336 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 20 102% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 16.3 47% 101 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 118%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 241GB free Firmware: 12.01A12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 186 1650 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4061 (05) Reallocated sector count 118 118 655 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15285 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3666 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 89 47245361429 (BE) vendor-specific 85 49 15 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 192 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 82666 (C2) HDA temperature 132 96 15 (C4) Reallocation count 169 169 31 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 15% Great: 41%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 108GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 175 2016 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2131 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1253 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 138 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 732599 (C2) HDA temperature 129 95 1577490 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	39.1% Below average	Read 68.1 Write 67.9 Mixed 64.8 50% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.11 49% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 3x4GB 944 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.7% Below average	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9.9 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 63%

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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 $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	410x
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	140x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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