MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.7% 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '19 at 18:49
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th 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 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 85 1-Core 71.7 2-Core 133 60% 96.6 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 431 40% 335 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Zotac(19DA 3543) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Lighting 96.5 Reflection 85.6 Parallax 74.8 79% 85.6 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 79.6 Splatting 77.9 63% 76.1 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 63 72 61 55 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 428 Write 109 Mixed 208 SusWrite 67.9 44% 203 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 11.3 68% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 138 125% 193 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 83%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$81 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 419GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 386 386 400 405 400 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 382 Mixed 367 SusWrite 386 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 40.4 129% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 234 175% 233 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 125%
OCZ Vector 150 480GB-$389 381 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 255GB free Firmware: 1.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 397 397 411 416 413 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 430 Write 383 Mixed 308 SusWrite 396 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 24.7 94% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 233 183% 254 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 114%
Seagate ST2000VX003-1HH164 2TB 3,366 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1TB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 151 152 153 154 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 154 Write 152 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 152 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965432-068.A00LF Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 9965432-068.A00LF Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.9% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 15.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 44%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	105x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	38x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	21x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	6x

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Total price: $227

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16