MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 54.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	15.2% 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	25% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 21:49
Run Duration	352 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Memory 91.4 1-Core 30.2 2-Core 42.7 42% 54.8 Pts	4-Core 102 8-Core 132 15% 117 Pts	64-Core 84.3 5% 84.3 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% XFX(1682 3100) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 15.1 Parallax 19.3 16% 18.1 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 14.1 Splatting 19.8 13% 15.2 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 480GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 100 103972465 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -89275190204467 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1967 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 45 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 115 100 103972465 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 26304 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14400 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14400 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21888	25% Poor	Read 218 Write 91.7 Mixed 106 30% 139 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 7.83 4K Mixed 9.87 34% 9.79 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 33%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 946GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 179 7000 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1390 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3459 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 167 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27625 (C2) HDA temperature 106 98 46 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.2% Above average	Read 103 Write 96.1 Mixed 95.4 74% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 946GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 176 7233 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1364 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3489 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 167 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 30442 (C2) HDA temperature 106 100 46 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.6% Above average	Read 108 Write 93 Mixed 94.6 74% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.28 96% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 101%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 862GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 180 5775 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5010 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12190 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3207 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1694 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 132127 (C2) HDA temperature 109 104 41 (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 1 15526 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.6% Average	Read 79 Write 79.8 Mixed 78 60% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.22 70% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 63%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 26GB free, PID 0723 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 19.9 Write 17.7 Mixed 16.8 23% 18.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.39 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 2.08 203% 3.59 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 1,904 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19.7% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 5 MC Mixed 6.5 16% 5.77 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 4.5 12% 4.33 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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	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 $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