MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	45% 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	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141110
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '17 at 17:43
Run Duration	322 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 73.8 2-Core 145 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 267 8-Core 447 44% 357 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1475 MHz, MLim: 1831 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45% Average	Lighting 50.4 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 62.8 41% 60.6 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 57.7 53% 65.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
F200 240GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 39GB free Firmware: S8FM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5329 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 764 (A8) Unknown 100 100 28 (AA) Unknown 100 100 17 (AD) Unknown 100 100 983108 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1730	63.6% Good	Read 463 Write 303 Mixed 347 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 7.68 66% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 20.9 59% 124 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 74%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 38620346838643 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3571 (B5) Unknown 0 0 5 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 528 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 452427 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 452427 (F2) Unknown 100 100 391346 (F9) Unknown 100 100 14999	56.7% Above average	Read 437 Write 112 Mixed 168 52% 239 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 13 88% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 40.5 62% 119 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 80%
Team L3 SSD 120GB 863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 11GB free Firmware: S8FM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10010 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1692 (A8) Unknown 100 100 27 (AA) Unknown 100 100 42 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1769584 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2368	52.6% Above average	Read 481 Write 157 Mixed 229 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 8.25 61% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 24.8 51% 102 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 71%
WD WD10 03FZEX-00K3CA0 SATA Disk Device (TurboPC EX) 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 515GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 109 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 76 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 964 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	99% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 150 Mixed 136 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.33 115% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 99%
WD WD64 01AALS-00E8B0 SATA Disk Device (TurboPC EX) 640GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 156GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 252 226 7391 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8932 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33354 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6182 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 684 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8179 (C2) HDA temperature 122 100 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 76.9 Mixed 76 64% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.39 105% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 54%
ADATA HV620 500GB 440 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 161GB free, PID a31a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 88.3 Write 98.1 Mixed 30.1 88% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.27 76% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 44%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 32GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 34.9 Write 22.5 Mixed 13.3 27% 23.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.35 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.03 34% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 39%
Adata DashDrive Elite S102 Pro USB 3.0 32GB-$11 1,777 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 11GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Read 93.1 Write 31.1 Mixed 26.8 52% 50.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.91 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.28 43% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,948 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 18.8 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 70%

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Gaming 23%

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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	961x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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	142x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	35x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16