MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 41.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	53% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '16 at 21:20
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Memory 71 1-Core 24.1 2-Core 45.8 34% 47 Pts	4-Core 71.3 8-Core 88.1 10% 79.7 Pts	64-Core 104 6% 104 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53% Above average	Lighting 50.9 Reflection 64.8 Parallax 93.2 42% 69.6 fps	MRender 90.6 Gravity 92 Splatting 93 75% 91.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3340 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 716 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 52 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 67 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9671743402	67.7% Good	Read 469 Write 368 Mixed 396 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 28.7 4K Mixed 20.8 78% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 64.4 DQ Write 43.2 DQ Mixed 26.1 27% 44.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 761GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 171 2141 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2283 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 701 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2225 (C2) HDA temperature 113 99 30 (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	96.2% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 160 Mixed 141 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.32 115% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 8GB 6,342 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 7GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 23.9 Write 8.22 Mixed 13.7 17% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.96 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 1.29 123% 2.98 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 12 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 7.3 17% 5.97 GB/s	Latency 99.1 40% 99.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 68%

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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	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