MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	32.6% 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)
Boot Drive	28.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 17:40
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Memory 70.2 1-Core 24.1 2-Core 44.7 34% 46.3 Pts	4-Core 89.1 8-Core 150 15% 120 Pts	64-Core 150 9% 150 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.6% Below average	Lighting 39.9 Reflection 45 Parallax 41.4 32% 42.1 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 43.2 Splatting 38 33% 40.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 21096279 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -7619271970695 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2488 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 293 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 21096279 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 21096279 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 21096279 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4857 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4958 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4958 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10765	28.7% Poor	Read 192 Write 70.7 Mixed 104 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 30.5 4K Mixed 10.2 53% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 18 DQ Write 30.7 DQ Mixed 7.07 10% 18.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 51%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 760GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 60008344 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 225883 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (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 71 70 505020445 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 111669149725 (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 24305219928068 (F1) Unknown 100 253 682347876 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8338920	108% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 187 Mixed 142 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 1.01 248% 2.41 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 193GB free, PID 1048 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 66.4 Write 80 Mixed 67.4 94% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 12.8 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 9 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $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 $184	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) $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