MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	13.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '17 at 16:15
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Memory 83.5 1-Core 49.9 2-Core 99.6 50% 77.7 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 192 25% 190 Pts	64-Core 193 12% 193 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% AMD(1002 0B00) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.2% Below average	Lighting 44.6 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 55.4 36% 43.3 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 43.5 Splatting 37.4 30% 36.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 15084 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 914 (B1) Unknown 93 93 222 (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 58 53 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 351 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15104943445	49.2% Average	Read 367 Write 208 Mixed 201 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 12.3 69% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 51.4 DQ Mixed 12.3 16% 28.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 76%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 660GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101376096 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 501 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 4301312905 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8589 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 49 723779624 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14916 (C2) HDA temperature 40 51 64424509480 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -2194728283835 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3593795474 (F2) Unknown 100 253 179464597893	71.2% Very good	Read 95 Write 152 Mixed 77.8 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 5.31 4K Mixed 0.63 204% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 514GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 173 3708 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6422 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2933 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 230 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6191 (C2) HDA temperature 101 92 46 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	65.5% Good	Read 123 Write 105 Mixed 26.6 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 74%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 428GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 174 140 8258 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15028 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30228 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3487 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 325 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 130978 (C2) HDA temperature 109 102 43 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.5% Average	Read 72.1 Write 89.8 Mixed 19.6 44% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.17 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-083.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-083.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 12GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.2% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 11.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 8.1 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 60%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

Surfboard

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 $269	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