MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.5% 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	66.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141216
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '18 at 00:00
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (48^th 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 71.3 2-Core 132 62% 98.2 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 433 40% 335 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Lighting 44.7 Reflection 50.4 Parallax 59.2 36% 51.4 fps	MRender 50.1 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 36.2 34% 42 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 360 372 381 383 382 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 240 Write 343 Mixed 223 SusWrite 367 66% 293 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 16.6 86% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 103 105% 168 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 148GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 92 90 89 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 114 Write 108 Mixed 79 SusWrite 89.5 72% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 202% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 440GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 112 116 116 115 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	48% Average	Read 53 Write 67 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 113 47% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.2 122% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 66%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 709GB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 109 110 109 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 104 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 109 130% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.3 218% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 86%
WD My Book 1230 5TB 1,107 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 860GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 20 Write 19.5 Mixed 18 SusWrite 21.1 27% 19.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 112% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.3% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 18 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.3 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 72%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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