MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 52.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	17.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121226
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '18 at 20:00
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Memory 74 1-Core 54.7 2-Core 97.5 48% 75.4 Pts	4-Core 167 8-Core 230 25% 198 Pts	64-Core 269 17% 269 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon 550 8,236 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 22FE) 2GB CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.3.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Lighting 18.1 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 21.8 15% 23.4 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 15.1 Splatting 34 22% 26 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 650GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5318 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3912 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 97 30065229869 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 470941724 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 456 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4861 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	24.2% Poor	Read 32.1 Write 52.5 Mixed 33.2 29% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.13 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.004 13% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 109%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 135GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 39 (03) Spinup time 188 182 3583 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6525 (05) Reallocated sector count 190 190 80 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5076 (BE) vendor-specific 66 47 34 (C2) HDA temperature 113 94 34 (C4) Reallocation count 178 178 22 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 198 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 198 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 10 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 0	35.2% Below average	Read 60.6 Write 61.5 Mixed 60.4 46% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.45 107% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1600 1x8GB 3,120 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	26.2% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 8.5 25% 8.87 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 7.3 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 92.4 43% 92.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 34%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) - $72

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	221x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	28x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $225

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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