MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	67.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '21 at 20:28
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 77.1 2-Core 152 64% 106 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 451 45% 364 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3570 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.5% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 99.9 Parallax 66.7 66% 82.6 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 79.6 Splatting 71.9 70% 88.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 403 413 425 430 428 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 429 Mixed 421 SusWrite 385 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 45.2 150% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 229 176% 239 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 125%
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$33 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 137GB free Firmware: SBFMJ1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 38 38 34 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	70% Very good	Read 414 Write 362 Mixed 380 SusWrite 54.2 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 36.5 130% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 168 142% 204 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 91%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$60 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 178GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 60 61 61 61 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 59.5 Write 57.3 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 59.5 40% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 41%
Seagate ST500LM030-1RK17D 500GB 12,805 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 311GB free Firmware: SBM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 110 112 111 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 64.5 Write 116 Mixed 65 SusWrite 107 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.2 142% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G Team-Elite-1600 KHX1866C10D3/8G TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 800, 800, 933, 800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.2% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 16.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 13.3 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 48%

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Gaming 23%

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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	961x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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	142x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	35x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16