MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	89.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '19 at 17:53
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	63.2% Good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 68.6 2-Core 130 58% 93.8 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 346 36% 292 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 123 Parallax 105 93% 114 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 103 Splatting 95.9 82% 100 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 323GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 293 304 303 304 305 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 451 Write 311 Mixed 273 SusWrite 295 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 30.1 111% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 36.6 37% 57.4 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 129%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 7GB free Firmware: 3.2. Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 429 Write 334 Mixed 62.8 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 16.3 4K Mixed 10.4 45% 14 MB/s	DQ Read 13.4 DQ Write 17.8 DQ Mixed 13 11% 14.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% Great: 56%
USB 3.0 240GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 177GB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 55 102 99 123 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 342 Write 165 Mixed 121 SusWrite 110 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 16.4 4K Mixed 10.5 45% 14 MB/s	DQ Read 18.6 DQ Write 22.4 DQ Mixed 10.5 11% 17.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 266GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 114 115 115 113 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 192 Write 161 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 114 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 112%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 333GB free Firmware: 1AA0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 73 73 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 56 Write 28 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 73.2 37% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.3% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 10.2 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 61%

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Typical 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 253 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	105x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	38x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	21x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	6x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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