MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.17% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '16 at 19:36
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

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-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Memory 73.7 1-Core 56.1 2-Core 69.8 45% 66.5 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 220 26% 204 Pts	64-Core 249 15% 249 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5670 18,196 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 68E0) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	6.17% Terrible	Lighting 7.53 Reflection 8.65 Parallax 5.91 6% 7.36 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 5.1 Splatting 9.17 6% 7.42 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.17% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$129 492 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 1,163 Write 527 Mixed 752 179% 814 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 18.4 100% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 34.4 DQ Write 86.2 DQ Mixed 19.6 27% 46.8 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 193%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 687GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 124 118 6758 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3081 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8460 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2501 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 597 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 138 138 188066 (C2) HDA temperature 126 89 21 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 197 195 624 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 197 231 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 198 195 544	55.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 90.7 Mixed 89.4 71% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.19 58% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 59%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 283GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 112 Write 93 Mixed 89.9 74% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 3.71 4K Mixed 0.13 130% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT2TXRG 4x8GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 14.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.3 21% 7.23 GB/s	Latency 93.1 43% 93.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 69%

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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	960x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	412x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $179	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