MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	51.8% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 09:31
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 78.4 2-Core 126 62% 98.1 Pts	4-Core 279 8-Core 499 47% 389 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Asus(1043 043A) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 93GB free Firmware: O1203AB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 495 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2666 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 28 (A3) Unknown 100 100 293 (94) Unknown 100 100 170403 (95) Unknown 100 100 2336 (96) Unknown 100 100 2199 (97) Unknown 100 100 2302 (A4) Unknown 100 100 59417 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 22 (A7) Unknown 100 100 46 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 274 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43044785553438 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 254132 (F2) Unknown 100 100 548402 (F5) Unknown 100 100 350931 (F6) Unknown 100 100 340806 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	61.1% Good	Read 483 Write 236 Mixed 261 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 12.5 82% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 72.2 DQ Write 91.7 DQ Mixed 12.3 29% 58.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 92%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8813348 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 40 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -80977313383999 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5078 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1285 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 70 21479424029 (C2) HDA temperature 29 70 21479424029 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8813348 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 40 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8813348 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8813348 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 88 88 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 37661 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17122 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17122 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17072	51.8% Above average	Read 461 Write 75.6 Mixed 128 48% 222 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 12.3 86% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 74.2 DQ Mixed 11.5 29% 62.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9995403-009.A00LF Nanya NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 9995403-009.A00LF Nanya NT2GC64B88G0NF-CG 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 15.6 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 13.6 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 50%

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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