MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 19%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics28.5% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemMSI MS-7693
MotherboardMSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20151221
Uptime1.5 Days
Run DateMar 15 '18 at 19:11
Run Duration85 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
69.9% Good
Memory 90.8
1-Core 71.5
2-Core 144
63% 102 Pts
4-Core 266
8-Core 430
43% 348 Pts
64-Core 435
27% 435 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 69.9%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
28.5% Poor
Lighting 35.4
Reflection 25.7
Parallax 32.3
29% 31.1 fps
MRender 38.4
Gravity 32.7
Splatting 32
28% 34.4 fps
Poor: 24%
This bench: 28.5%
Great: 28%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
330GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
87% Excellent
Read 167
Write 136
Mixed 136
110% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.48
4K Mixed 0.31
101% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 87%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
31.6% Below average
MC Read 10.5
MC Write 10.2
MC Mixed 9.3
29% 10 GB/s
SC Read 9.6
SC Write 8.5
SC Mixed 10.3
27% 9.47 GB/s
Latency 66.1
60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 31.6%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 970 GAMING (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 2,303 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $289
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