MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.9% 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	58.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '17 at 22:28
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 65 2-Core 124 57% 90.8 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 329 34% 277 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 48.2 Reflection 32.4 Parallax 58.8 39% 46.5 fps	MRender 30.5 Gravity 46.8 Splatting 40 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14475 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 478 (B1) Unknown 90 90 211 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 45 38 55 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 104 (F1) Unknown 99 99 56412669432	58.9% Above average	Read 509 Write 180 Mixed 144 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 15.6 75% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 85.6 DQ Mixed 37.3 50% 91.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 124%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 110 Write 103 Mixed 76.7 120% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.14 52% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 3,454 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 690GB free, PID a00d Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 32.6 Write 29.4 Mixed 5.23 26% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.2 19% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 4,068 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 38GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 25.1 Write 24.3 Mixed 14.7 26% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.21 56% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata MI64C1D1629Z1 2x8GB 2,816 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.1% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 16 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 9.2 23% 8.07 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 59%

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

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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 $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