MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.5% 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	79.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 11:45
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 69.7 2-Core 150 62% 103 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 461 47% 379 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% PowerColor(148C 2381) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1275 MHz, MLim: 1900 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Lighting 27.3 Reflection 32.1 Parallax 34.3 22% 31.2 fps	MRender 31.8 Gravity 26.1 Splatting 35.9 26% 31.3 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 70 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2915 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2618 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 75 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1008 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 43 244814118940 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 17138406249 (F7) Unknown 100 100 538702305 (F8) Unknown 100 100 714331748	79.3% Very good	Read 504 Write 326 Mixed 391 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 28.1 108% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 17 45% 96 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 97%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 405GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 80 3473 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1709 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1704 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 21 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 278 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 46 231929085977 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 581 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 21 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 67601	37.6% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 66.3 Mixed 63.2 49% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.35 86% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron MP 51264Y133I HYN Hynix HMT125U6BFR8C-G7 Corsair CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 667, 667, 533, 667 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.3% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 15 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.1 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 45%

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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	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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16