MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	71.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	4.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '20 at 23:32
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 75.1 2-Core 150 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 447 43% 357 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 873A) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.4% Very good	Lighting 88.6 Reflection 80.3 Parallax 82.5 72% 83.8 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 76.5 Splatting 71.1 70% 87.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 512G 512GB 10,855 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 402GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 309 409 418 418 426 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 408 Mixed 353 SusWrite 374 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 38.1 138% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 196 164% 239 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 119%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 246GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 110 109 110 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	50% Average	Read 62.7 Write 84.2 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 110 52% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.1 378% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 148 150 150 150 148 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 106 Write 135 Mixed 59 SusWrite 146 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 90%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 87 87 87 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 82.5 Write 86.3 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 86.5 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 1,380 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.4% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 9.4 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 80%

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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 $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 $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