MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 33% Sail boat


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 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 59.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '16 at 08:44
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Memory 76 1-Core 67.7 2-Core 124 55% 89.2 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 366 37% 299 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6200 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Lighting 93 Reflection 61.9 Parallax 56.4 76% 70.4 fps	MRender 63.9 Gravity 56.6 Splatting 50.2 46% 56.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3319 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 497 (AB) Unknown 100 100 39777360 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 158 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 95 95 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5375 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5798 (F9) Unknown 100 100 236838627	71% Very good	Read 416 Write 370 Mixed 394 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 21 85% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 68.7 69% 111 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 430GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172986176 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2488 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 135289465 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6850 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1160 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 10 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 120814174239 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64732 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 -140737488355297 (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 109178068669010 (F1) Unknown 100 253 58843150582 (F2) Unknown 100 253 62182168959	91.4% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 156 Mixed 146 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.33 108% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 3x4GB 944 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 11.8 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 7.7 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 88.3 45% 88.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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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 $134	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