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 as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	87.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '17 at 14:39
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 78.6 1-Core 71.1 2-Core 136 58% 95.3 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 347 38% 302 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1288 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.6 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 50 Reflection 67.2 Parallax 81.3 41% 66.2 fps	Gravity 62.2 Splatting 55.3 52% 58.7 fps
Poor: 35% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4697 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 518 (B1) Unknown 96 96 69 (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 65 52 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 103 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37113775851	87.9% Excellent	Read 477 Write 384 Mixed 392 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 35.3 127% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 60.9 67% 113 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 633GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98138616 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5497 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26155896 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 14906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2182 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 30065229831 (BD) vendor-specific 62 62 38 (BE) vendor-specific 71 37 5175923703837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1414 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39219 (C2) HDA temperature 29 63 60129542173 (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 16093242462470 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39364816736 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24312775522	99% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 185 Mixed 172 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.3 83% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$64 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 633GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 33949808 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8435 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21388123 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17094 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2433 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 214751641653 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 69 36 30666588225567 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1286 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44253 (C2) HDA temperature 31 64 51539607583 (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 -123587683937807 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42265384497 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32129818334	74.4% Very good	Read 114 Write 145 Mixed 170 109% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.32 104% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 113%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 193GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 91 91 3590 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 1783 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 26104 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1419 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 83 55 286326801 (C2) HDA temperature 78 52 370212886 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 219010 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	54% Above average	Read 91 Write 97 Mixed 95.2 71% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.42 95% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3-2400 4x8GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 14.4 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 10.8 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 83.1 48% 83.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 88%

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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	961x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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	142x

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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	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