MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 21:01
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 75.2 2-Core 148 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 459 44% 365 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 68 Parallax 97.9 58% 79 fps	MRender 68.9 Gravity 67.9 Splatting 56.2 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 27780276 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -69638599733797 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 967 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 246 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 42 77312163867 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 77312163867 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 27780276 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 27780276 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 27780276 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6571 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6200 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6200 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5217 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4980795	43.3% Average	Read 386 Write 94.7 Mixed 148 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 9.56 63% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 56.7 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 27.9 37% 65.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 75%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 2TB-$60 4,076 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: PA08 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 63 56835897 (03) Spinup time 90 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 273 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 56 52 77315838322 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 847 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 194 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164165 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 555089951 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 616 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 68719476767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 113 99 56835897 (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 30064771791 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1659538636 (F2) Unknown 100 253 589763355	76.2% Very good	Read 138 Write 128 Mixed 74.1 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.61 140% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.3% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 18.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 64%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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