MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.5% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '21 at 14:41
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 91 1-Core 76.9 2-Core 145 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 421 42% 340 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.2% Very good	Lighting 91.6 Reflection 88.5 Parallax 82.4 75% 87.5 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 80.4 Splatting 72.8 70% 88.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 395 421 428 400 377 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 428 Mixed 416 SusWrite 374 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 45.7 152% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 229 168% 219 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 125%
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 164GB free Firmware: SBFMJ1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 37 38 35 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 370 Write 207 Mixed 349 SusWrite 57.5 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 33.4 119% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 170 141% 201 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 91%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 173GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 62 62 63 63 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 52.7 Write 50.2 Mixed 38 SusWrite 61.1 37% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 41%
Seagate ST500LM030-1RK17D 500GB 12,805 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 327GB free Firmware: SBM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 104 109 109 112 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 69.5 Write 93.5 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 106 60% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.6 171% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 2,146 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 933, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.7% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 16.3 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.7 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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