MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 41.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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	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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '16 at 19:31
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41.7% Average	Memory 69 1-Core 23.6 2-Core 44.5 33% 45.7 Pts	4-Core 80.8 8-Core 116 12% 98.4 Pts	64-Core 132 8% 132 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 30.2 Reflection 50.8 Parallax 91.2 25% 57.4 fps	Gravity 100 Splatting 84.6 81% 92.3 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 915GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 181 5625 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7140 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18198 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 839 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25077 (C2) HDA temperature 114 109 36 (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	66.2% Good	Read 107 Write 123 Mixed 119 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 541GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 42892816 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 914 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 386035125 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19123 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 861 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 606208034 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 307 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 38 38 125372 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 64424509474 (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 -95382633690961 (F1) Unknown 100 253 75361885764 (F2) Unknown 100 253 103342828879	76.9% Very good	Read 144 Write 124 Mixed 130 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.26 63% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 209GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 126926944 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6250 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 552169 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 532 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 1245203 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 1366388965409 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14992 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 -140737488355295 (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 27380416512251 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5659104013 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1264989690	80.4% Excellent	Read 144 Write 137 Mixed 132 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.29 82% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Apacer 78.BAGEJ.9LK0C 4x4GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.9% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 13.2 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 8.6 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 95%

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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	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 $40	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