MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	76.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160623
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '21 at 19:26
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 135 62% 99.4 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 410 37% 314 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Lighting 96.1 Reflection 92.2 Parallax 82.4 78% 90.2 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 81.7 Splatting 74.9 72% 89.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 507GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 373 328 102 147 381 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 478 Write 388 Mixed 350 SusWrite 275 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 32.8 109% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 213 168% 233 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 125%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 122 122 122 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 150 Write 112 Mixed 108 SusWrite 121 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.9% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 17.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.5 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 253 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	105x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $38Bench 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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Total price: $227

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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