MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 48.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	21.7% 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	38.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '16 at 00:34
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	61%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Memory 72.4 1-Core 42.5 2-Core 76.6 42% 63.8 Pts	4-Core 136 8-Core 219 22% 178 Pts	64-Core 249 15% 249 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7790 8,590 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 0452) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 26.3 Reflection 29.4 Parallax 32 21% 29.2 fps	MRender 23.2 Gravity 23.2 Splatting 32.3 22% 26.3 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1942 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1362 (B1) Unknown 97 97 36 (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 61 57 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 138 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6996503893	38.8% Below average	Read 332 Write 130 Mixed 134 43% 198 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 28.8 4K Mixed 8.72 54% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 59.8 DQ Mixed 9.56 16% 31 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 73%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150973928 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1013 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12362762 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1742 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1009 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 588840995 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 69628 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 55834574883 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -113507395697603 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9402628458 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10578182412	78.3% Very good	Read 138 Write 135 Mixed 77.7 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.12 54% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 446GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 235997064 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1361 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8188941 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1344 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 588840995 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 62996 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 55834574883 (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 34140695037721 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5629596221 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7281958662	97.8% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 171 Mixed 21.2 87% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-544.A00LF 9905402-532.A00LF 9905402-544.A00LF 9905402-532.A00LF 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 13.6 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.7 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 96 42% 96 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 52%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	222x
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 $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16