MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	21.8% 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	67.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	2.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '18 at 09:12
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	42.6% Average	Memory 69.5 1-Core 24.6 2-Core 48.5 34% 47.5 Pts	4-Core 87.8 8-Core 150 14% 119 Pts	64-Core 146 9% 146 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PwrHis(1787 2010) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 25.5 Parallax 29.2 21% 26.9 fps	MRender 23.1 Gravity 27.7 Splatting 31.8 23% 27.6 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16176 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1047 (B1) Unknown 96 96 74 (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 74 54 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 334 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35921070485	67.1% Good	Read 481 Write 373 Mixed 402 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 19.7 75% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 60.4 DQ Write 38.7 DQ Mixed 22.8 24% 40.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 124%
Maxtor STM3160215AS 160GB 8,567 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 128GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 73468775 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6683 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 475989764 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6371 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 470941724 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 66 23374657 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 4294967295 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 4294967295 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.3% Average	Read 71.9 Write 71.9 Mixed 59.1 51% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.29 81% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 3,851 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	MC Read 11 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 7.2 25% 8.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 6.8 17% 6.03 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 78%

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Gaming 23%

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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 $134	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