MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	28.3% 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	24.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 10 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130328
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '16 at 22:00
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Memory 74.8 1-Core 46.4 2-Core 91.5 46% 70.9 Pts	4-Core 179 8-Core 180 24% 179 Pts	64-Core 181 11% 181 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2401.0 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Lighting 36.2 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 46.9 30% 38.5 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 29.3 Splatting 36.4 26% 31.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7285 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1478 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 140 (AE) Unknown 100 100 160 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 466 (E8) Unknown 95 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 799 (F1) Unknown 100 100 287469700 (F2) Unknown 100 100 289987489	24.5% Poor	Read 332 Write 24.2 Mixed 160 37% 172 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 9.25 4K Mixed 4.17 32% 9.3 MB/s	DQ Read 13.9 DQ Write 10.6 DQ Mixed 4.57 6% 9.72 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 242GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 3528 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9319 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20422507 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6831 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2495 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885098502 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 76 59 521273368 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7291 (C2) HDA temperature 24 41 64424509464 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 12 3528 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 171 275660 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 131507603642190 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3063876604 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3754345122	53% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 90.5 Mixed 101 72% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.27 64% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 75%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 62GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 161 160 4908 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3634 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25823 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2767 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 320 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3634 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 33 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.8% Average	Read 88.4 Write 67.3 Mixed 89.4 62% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.28 83% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 99U5474-010.A00LF Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 10GB 933, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.8% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 11.4 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 7.8 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 90.8 44% 90.8 ns

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	221x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	77x

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 $37Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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