MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	10.7% 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	67.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 15 '21 at 12:19
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 635 5,306 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	42.5% Average	Memory 58.9 1-Core 41.7 2-Core 85.6 39% 62.1 Pts	4-Core 150 8-Core 168 21% 159 Pts	64-Core 154 10% 154 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6790 4,043 User benchmarks, average bench 11% PwrHis(1787 2310) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Lighting 14.3 Reflection 14.9 Parallax 12.8 12% 14 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 10.4 Splatting 10.4 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gamer L TA1D0240A 240GB 1,013 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 114 7.2 130 116 6.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 371 Write 186 Mixed 289 SusWrite 91 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 34 124% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 21.1 65% 141 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 156 Write 137 Mixed 59.8 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
Seagate BUP Slim 2TB 10,173 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 8GB free Firmware: 1707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 94 89 84 63 72 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 82 Write 111 Mixed 59.9 SusWrite 84.4 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 98% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$54 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 5GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 38 39 36 28 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 40.9 Write 34.5 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 32.2 27% 36.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 58%
Seagate BUP Slim 1TB 6,231 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 10GB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 28 26 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 26.5 Write 27.4 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 27.2 20% 26.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 26,466 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.7% Poor	MC Read 13 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 10.9 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 7.9 19% 6.53 GB/s	Latency 131 30% 131 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 23%

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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 $51Bench 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	35x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16