MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.2% 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	61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '17 at 23:55
Run Duration	764 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 80 2-Core 157 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 491 48% 396 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3081) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 64.6 Reflection 58.8 Parallax 81.1 53% 68.2 fps	MRender 64.6 Gravity 58 Splatting 81.9 57% 68.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18877 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5613 (B1) Unknown 86 86 484 (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 73 51 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4126 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24335051042	61.6% Good	Read 508 Write 304 Mixed 323 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 11.7 70% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 20.9 DQ Write 74.6 DQ Mixed 47.1 36% 47.6 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 76%
WL2000GSA6472E 2TB 465 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01KX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 210 201 4483 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3168 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1550 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 223 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2945 (C2) HDA temperature 124 108 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	76.6% Very good	Read 149 Write 118 Mixed 129 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.43 132% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 89%
Seagate ST9320423AS 320GB-$40 13,598 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 206GB free Firmware: 0003LVM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 223139813 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2633 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3986375 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -128273493258270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1101 (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 72 50 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 266 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29881 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 68719476764 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 42 223139813 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6468220748177 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	45.1% Average	Read 83.8 Write 73.1 Mixed 77.6 59% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.41 92% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 51%
Seagate ST3160023AS 160GB-$24 4,798 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 133GB free Firmware: 3.43 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 59 43 192135258 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 48 48 53718 (05) Reallocated sector count 91 91 389 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 891713135 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21037 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 51 51 50637 (C2) HDA temperature 25 42 42949672985 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 43 192135258 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 88 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 88 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 252 1	29.8% Poor	Read 49.9 Write 53.6 Mixed 51.4 39% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.39 90% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 32%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 216GB free Firmware: PB4OC60F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 162 162 68719476737 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4986 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 7512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2377 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 102785 (C2) HDA temperature 203 203 184684445723 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 98 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 40 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	36.2% Below average	Read 77.6 Write 48.3 Mixed 47.8 43% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.31 76% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 45%
WD My Passport Essential 750GB 405 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 47GB free, PID 070a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 27.3 Write 26 Mixed 20.3 31% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.14 4K Mixed 0.09 9% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 18%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 5,616 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	4.18% Terrible	Read 15.6 Write 3.81 Mixed 5.22 8% 8.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.52 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.003 17% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.18% Great: 9%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 5,616 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	3.99% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 5.03 Mixed 5.55 9% 8.69 MB/s	4K Read 2.61 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.007 10% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.99% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991995 (996995) 2x4GB 651 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	52.5% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 18.6 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 64%

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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 $279	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 $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