MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '17 at 02:13
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 140 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 423 43% 347 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 78.1 Parallax 65.1 65% 74.4 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 73 59% 72 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q 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 99 99 4440 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1324 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (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 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 95 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11956313565	76.9% Very good	Read 488 Write 378 Mixed 397 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 20 104% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 20 33% 60.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 124%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 69590104 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 67 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1567521 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 411 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 94 (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 73 60 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 69 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 73014444059 (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 -30275224469092 (F1) Unknown 100 253 508021449 (F2) Unknown 100 253 61177533578	70.6% Very good	Read 99.2 Write 146 Mixed 94 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 3.74 4K Mixed 0.46 138% 1.54 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 414GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 89456408 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1670 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 64603930 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5960 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1502 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 58 421003289 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30111 (C2) HDA temperature 25 42 47244640281 (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 -82136954563766 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15136998097 (F2) Unknown 100 253 416837238898	71.9% Very good	Read 133 Write 118 Mixed 108 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.18 61% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,310 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 521GB free, PID 0202 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 30.3 Write 30.3 Mixed 30.3 39% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.19 55% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 2,175 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.7% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 17 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.5 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 63%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	412x
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	141x

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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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