MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 55.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.46% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '16 at 17:39
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Memory 78.8 1-Core 57.8 2-Core 118 53% 84.9 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 202 25% 193 Pts	64-Core 206 13% 206 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT 12,718 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 34AB) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4195 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.46% Terrible	Lighting 1.53 Reflection 2.96 Parallax 0.5 1% 1.66 fps	MRender 3.52 Gravity 1.07 Splatting 2.3 2% 2.3 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.46% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14291 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 112 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 88 88 361 (AE) Unknown 100 100 58 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 55 193274576929 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 88 88 12 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 33099865323 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2111700244 (F8) Unknown 100 100 782336087	68.9% Good	Read 500 Write 323 Mixed 383 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 21.5 83% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 39 DQ Mixed 30.7 37% 68.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211478688 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4483 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16779312 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 14911 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 143 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770196998 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 672661539 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 67953 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 55834574883 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 68783901249105 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9459105386 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33633213405	83.8% Excellent	Read 154 Write 138 Mixed 106 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.16 58% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 49GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 70338960 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8749 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 54 90201556374 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27234 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 332 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131332 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 61 50 5001314343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32796 (C2) HDA temperature 39 50 -140737488355289 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 111965502443479 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19364123913 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19065351588	77.2% Very good	Read 146 Write 124 Mixed 93.9 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.29 81% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.2% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 15.7 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 9 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 71%

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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