MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	28.2% 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	45% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '17 at 23:46
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^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 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	44% Average	Memory 71.6 1-Core 24.3 2-Core 48 35% 48 Pts	4-Core 91.7 8-Core 149 15% 120 Pts	64-Core 149 9% 149 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1380 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.2% Poor	Lighting 37.2 Reflection 55.5 Parallax 60.6 30% 51.1 fps	MRender 17.5 Gravity 36.1 Splatting 32.6 24% 28.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 212GB free Firmware: SBFD00.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1055 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 341 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 78 78 277 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 12526 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 262	64.6% Good	Read 442 Write 399 Mixed 278 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 34.7 4K Mixed 9.54 65% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 96.5 DQ Write 70.5 DQ Mixed 16 30% 61 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 99%
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20150213 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4525 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 787 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 250 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1737890 (A5) Unknown 100 100 875 (A6) Unknown 100 100 821 (A7) Unknown 100 100 848 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 133342 (F2) Unknown 100 100 199654	45% Average	Read 471 Write 201 Mixed 267 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 15.8 4K Mixed 3.97 36% 11.6 MB/s	DQ Read 93.1 DQ Write 75 DQ Mixed 22.4 34% 63.5 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992124 (997124) 2x8GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1067 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.2% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 12.5 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 7.7 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 97.7 41% 97.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 81%

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

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $182	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) $30	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