MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 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	Mar 10 '18 at 10:24
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 74.2 2-Core 144 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 444 44% 359 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 67.4 62% 73.5 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 70.4 58% 70.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1635 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 497 (A5) Unknown 100 100 31719841 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 245 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 93 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 55 236224970799 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1181121577235 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1486 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4276 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3919 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2181 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.7% Above average	Read 389 Write 227 Mixed 193 59% 270 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 9.59 73% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 10.1 38% 86.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 101%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB 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 79201000 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 108386 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (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 50 46 908001330 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 50 54 133143986226 (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 -18296560680959 (F1) Unknown 100 253 525705054 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37268359	107% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 182 Mixed 146 129% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.63 198% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2570 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3003 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1214 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 264 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2309 (C2) HDA temperature 94 86 49 (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	105% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 185 Mixed 163 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.82 4K Mixed 0.29 137% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB 4,375 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 223GB free Firmware: 0108 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 30.8 Mixed 25.1 21% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 3.57 4K Mixed 0.28 134% 1.58 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 18.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.9 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 63%

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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	960x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	411x
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	140x

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 $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