MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 61.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	38.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 03:22
Run Duration	315 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Memory 88 1-Core 59.7 2-Core 108 55% 85.3 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 277 29% 235 Pts	64-Core 333 21% 333 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Lighting 50.5 Reflection 44.3 Parallax 46.2 41% 47 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 42.8 Splatting 37.9 33% 40 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 24 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 62 53 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 431810324
Poor: 73% Great: 122%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 134 134 42981851626 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 727 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1184 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1184 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 193274904615 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	91.4% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 159 Mixed 155 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.72 151% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 113%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 446GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 125 125 42982179316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2894 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16066 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 158 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2954 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2954 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 296354054180 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 10729	75.5% Very good	Read 135 Write 128 Mixed 98.2 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.43 111% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3000VM002-1F316N 3TB 881 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 264GB free Firmware: SC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 238397328 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2834 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2804313 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3308 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2834 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 81604378655 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 96.3 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 100%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 72GB free Firmware: JKAOA28A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 106 (03) Spinup time 117 117 51580240489 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3308 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 112 112 39 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 29718 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1762 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3702 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3702 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 352187973667 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 603	41.5% Average	Read 85 Write 59.7 Mixed 82.2 57% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.32 75% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 69%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 57GB free Firmware: MPAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 127 127 47280357926 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9306 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 111 111 43 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16353 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 406 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9414 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9414 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 206159085602 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	37.3% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 65.4 Mixed 65.8 49% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.16 63% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F91927-15 2x8GB 144 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47% Average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 17 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 10.2 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 69%

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Typical 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 252 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	104x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	38x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	21x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	6x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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