MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


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. 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 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	53.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '17 at 21:41
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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 Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 56.2 2-Core 112 56% 86.3 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 225 30% 225 Pts	64-Core 225 14% 225 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.2 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 16.1 16% 16.7 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 12.7 Splatting 19 12% 14.7 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 60GB 1,562 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8923511 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 90555090477772 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3487 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 659 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 59 34363605018 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8923511 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8923511 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8923511 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16243 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17280 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17280 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18624	53.4% Above average	Read 473 Write 117 Mixed 159 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 16.4 86% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 61.4 DQ Mixed 11.3 18% 33.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 69%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 857GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 37238960 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 49639 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (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 75 75 420872217 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 94489280537 (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 -48494475739134 (F1) Unknown 100 253 184912024 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28623390	110% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 194 Mixed 151 133% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.73 216% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 111%
WD My Passport 0827 1TB 5,337 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 246GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 30.4 Write 29 Mixed 24.6 36% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.25 64% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.3% Below average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 13.1 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 9.7 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 62%

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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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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