MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 53.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.24% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

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

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '18 at 12:54
Run Duration	513 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Memory 80.6 1-Core 61.4 2-Core 113 54% 85 Pts	4-Core 154 8-Core 176 22% 165 Pts	64-Core 187 12% 187 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% PwrHis(1787 2014) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	7.24% Terrible	Lighting 9.23 Reflection 9.04 Parallax 7.22 8% 8.5 fps	MRender 8.76 Gravity 6.43 Splatting 9.04 7% 8.08 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.24% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$85 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 949GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 183 5616 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2216 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9067 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 209 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2103 (C2) HDA temperature 111 92 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.7% Very good	Read 124 Write 140 Mixed 84.1 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 85%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 701GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 181 5750 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8465 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26859 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 630 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 385 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48435 (C2) HDA temperature 114 90 36 (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	44.1% Average	Read 83.3 Write 70.3 Mixed 61 54% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 682GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 218598976 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10341 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6467248 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 674 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 64 32 72126058856484 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 566 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 48 48 104626 (C2) HDA temperature 36 68 98784247844 (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 -139328739070869 (F1) Unknown 100 253 57052806857 (F2) Unknown 100 253 54904764868	58.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 98.5 Mixed 25.5 56% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 663GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 78 193862720 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9560 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 40 37 10612888536469 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 27127 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 622 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 97 97 3 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 6740 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 64 35 57600462618660 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 478 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 44 44 112595 (C2) HDA temperature 36 65 98784247844 (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 42528766176596 (F1) Unknown 100 253 64439587708 (F2) Unknown 100 253 63107436956	81.6% Excellent	Read 145 Write 139 Mixed 75.5 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.19 73% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 136 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 520 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13679 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 504 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 267 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 255 (C2) HDA temperature 102 90 41 (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	50.2% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 83.8 Mixed 24.1 48% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.37 90% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 69%
Acer P110 500GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 405GB free, PID 001c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	7.69% Terrible	Read 28.3 Write 12.9 Mixed 11.9 20% 17.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.09 12% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.69% Great: 19%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 14,254 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	4.96% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 3.69 Mixed 6.73 10% 11 MB/s	4K Read 3.63 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.008 14% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.96% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-038.A00LF 99U5595-005.A00LF 99U5474-038.A00LF 99U5595-005.A00LF 12GB 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.7% Below average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 14.6 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	222x
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 $38Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16