MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.5% 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	70.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '17 at 10:08
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 75 2-Core 145 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 429 44% 353 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E348) CLim: 1216 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.8.2 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 24.6 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 31.9 20% 29 fps	MRender 29.9 Gravity 23.5 Splatting 33.7 24% 29 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ph4-ce24 0 240GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: F/W: Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1519 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 93 93 204 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458780 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 918	70.2% Very good	Read 339 Write 344 Mixed 442 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 8.48 101% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 16 56% 119 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3300831AS 300GB 1,245 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 77GB free Firmware: 3.06 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 52 48 97639176 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5759 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 460239521 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 56515 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5590 (C2) HDA temperature 37 55 73014444069 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 48 97639176 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 8 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	36.4% Below average	Read 63 Write 63.9 Mixed 62.2 48% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.33 78% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 37%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB 3,701 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 46GB free, PID 5021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 33.4 Write 32.6 Mixed 7.86 29% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.15 17% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-002.A00LF Corsair CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 Corsair CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 Corsair CMV4GX3M1B1600C11 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 800, 667, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.6% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 14.6 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 11.9 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 43%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	965x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	413x
FX-8320AMD $153Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	264x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	169x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	150x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	141x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	48x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	35x

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