MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	67.3% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '17 at 19:56
Run Duration	316 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 72.5 2-Core 129 61% 96.9 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 438 41% 342 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% EVGA(3842 1372) 1GB CLim: 763 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 372.90 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 11% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q 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 99 99 405 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 96 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 63 53 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1307649199	67.3% Good	Read 448 Write 249 Mixed 263 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 21.4 98% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 67.1 DQ Mixed 42.8 50% 87.5 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 114%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 275GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6240 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 1726 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3972 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1498 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 59 319881235 (C2) HDA temperature 79 57 370212885 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 277199 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 81 13372 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	36.1% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 57 Mixed 68.8 49% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.32 77% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 89GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 141187332 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1997 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 21 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28467840 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5180 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2006 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 46 487981082 (C2) HDA temperature 26 54 30064771098 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 16 141187332 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 409418 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 94454920784167 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3279550849 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1988666425	46.8% Average	Read 73.8 Write 89 Mixed 83.9 62% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.37 85% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 70%
Samsung HD160HJ 160GB 1,643 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 22GB free Firmware: BF100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4352 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5348 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7916 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2818 (B8) Unknown 92 92 2943 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 166 91 24 (C2) HDA temperature 169 94 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 33293 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 182 57 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 36	36.3% Below average	Read 62.8 Write 63.5 Mixed 56.7 46% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.35 76% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 42%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 1GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	7.37% Terrible	Read 12.4 Write 6.15 Mixed 10.6 12% 9.72 MB/s	4K Read 3.16 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.85 79% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.37% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 3x8GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9 28% 9.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 10.3 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 69%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	105x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	38x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	21x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	6x

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Total price: $227

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