MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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	8.23% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	1.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130204
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '17 at 22:50
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.25 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 62.4 2-Core 124 59% 92.6 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 246 32% 242 Pts	64-Core 247 15% 247 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gainward(10B0 0401) 1GB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.23% Terrible	Lighting 9.6 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 8.03 8% 9.63 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 9.93 Splatting 10.8 9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.23% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 663GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 174 167 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2836 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9975 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2795 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1096 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1753 (C2) HDA temperature 94 89 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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.4% Very good	Read 113 Write 164 Mixed 131 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.2 77% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDS721025CLA382 250GB-$20 5,436 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 254GB free Firmware: JP1OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 103 (03) Spinup time 125 125 17192452271 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4831 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12427 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3636 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4882 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4882 (C2) HDA temperature 127 127 240519020591 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.4% Good	Read 95.7 Write 115 Mixed 25.3 57% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.43 99% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 75%
Seagate ST9120822AS 120GB-$35 2,185 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 84GB free Firmware: 3.CDD Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 15809263 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4676 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 39340396070 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13691 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4748 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BD) vendor-specific 78 78 22 (BE) vendor-specific 54 35 1546961813550 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1704 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 229457 (C2) HDA temperature 46 65 68719476782 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 76 52 46991209 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	24.7% Poor	Read 41.8 Write 44.3 Mixed 32.7 30% 39.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.29 64% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x2GB 1,328 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.7% Poor	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 8.5 25% 8.83 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 6.7 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 59%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) - $72

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	221x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	28x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $225

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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