MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	90.1% 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	95.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	30 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 05:33
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 74.3 2-Core 135 63% 101 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 455 42% 352 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 110 93% 114 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6512 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 170 (B1) Unknown 98 98 25 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11563822776	95.2% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 394 Mixed 404 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 38.1 147% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 64 70% 119 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 124%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 163 Mixed 160 122% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.17 77% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 104%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 619GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 134 134 21502755243 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1974 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6078 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1978 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1978 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 188979740707 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	67.3% Good	Read 111 Write 124 Mixed 91.7 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.21 87% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 108%
Samsung HM121HI 120GB 501 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 47GB free Firmware: LZ100-11 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 252 252 3500 (04) Start/Stop count 2 2 999999 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 15167 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4238 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4323 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 477 (C2) HDA temperature 148 49 270582939678 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 431401 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5510 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 19872 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 252 252 0 (C8) Write error rate 252 252 0	29.3% Poor	Read 41.1 Write 60.8 Mixed 56.7 40% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.28 62% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 16G-D3-1866-MR CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 16G-D3-1866-MR 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.8% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 53%

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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 $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	410x
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	140x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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