MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.9% 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	90.3% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '17 at 02:16
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 144 61% 99.9 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 438 42% 346 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2958) CLim: 1579 MHz, MLim: 1656 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Lighting 38.4 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 32.8 31% 33.7 fps	MRender 40.3 Gravity 34.4 Splatting 36.4 30% 37 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS13 11 480GB SSD 221 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 322GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9157 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 347 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4197 (AA) Unknown 100 100 287 (AD) Unknown 100 100 917543 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 301 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 2139 (E7) Temperature 100 100 86 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11141	90.3% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 466 Mixed 491 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 14.2 105% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 68.8 101% 189 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 75GB free Firmware: 3.CH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15636 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 902537713 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31004 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 84 84 17014 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 6497 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 37 707330090 (C2) HDA temperature 42 63 81604378666 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 50 43258442 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	43.2% Average	Read 73.6 Write 76.5 Mixed 76 57% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.31 94% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45% Average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.8 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 46%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	960x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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	141x

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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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