MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	39.8% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '17 at 00:47
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$203 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 71.5 2-Core 131 59% 95.9 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 448 42% 349 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% XFX(1682 9385) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Lighting 50.2 Reflection 53.6 Parallax 61.2 41% 55 fps	MRender 51.9 Gravity 46.9 Splatting 41.5 38% 46.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 791GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 89 3056 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1411 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6387 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1236 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 221 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 176093986847 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1120 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 209 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 347212	55.2% Above average	Read 100 Write 92.1 Mixed 39.5 57% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.26 86% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 59%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 1TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 893 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 816 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 848 (C2) HDA temperature 104 96 39 (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	94.9% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 158 Mixed 144 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.29 120% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 37,489 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 8.7 27% 9.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9.5 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 35%

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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%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	223x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	100x
FX-8320AMD $203Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	78x

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 $36Bench 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: 76% - Very good

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