MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	79% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '17 at 22:02
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 79.3 2-Core 147 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 477 46% 380 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2122 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 74.6 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 64.1 61% 72.1 fps	Gravity 68.1 Splatting 65.7 59% 66.9 fps
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 821 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 122 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (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 57 56 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5141304777	79% Very good	Read 490 Write 172 Mixed 268 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 36.6 134% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 78.4 84% 141 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 124%
Patriot Blast 240GB 5,061 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 11GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4829 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 793 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 158 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2555968 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14827	59.2% Above average	Read 470 Write 280 Mixed 306 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 7.66 65% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 43.3 DQ Mixed 28.4 42% 82.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 767GB free Firmware: CC96 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 123 99 528177304 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1527 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43767064 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1130 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 45 605487140 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7968 (C2) HDA temperature 36 55 73014444068 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 123 99 528177304 (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 -115843857899469 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3247670190 (F2) Unknown 100 253 84348274	37.1% Below average	Read 71.4 Write 58.2 Mixed 51.5 45% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.2 47% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 16.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.9 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 63%

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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