MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.3% 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	37.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '17 at 01:27
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 65.8 2-Core 120 56% 89.5 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 270 31% 240 Pts	64-Core 269 17% 269 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1354 MHz, MLim: 1702 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Lighting 36.7 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 41.3 30% 36.8 fps	MRender 45.8 Gravity 43.1 Splatting 37 34% 42 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PA128HMCD-010 128GB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM08L1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18178 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3716 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 87 87 460 (B2) Unknown 81 81 386 (B3) Unknown 81 81 750 (B4) Unknown 81 81 3282 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 56 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 402 (E9) Unknown 199 199 2 (EA) Unknown 100 99 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 434 (EC) Unknown 99 99 586 (ED) Unknown 99 99 727 (EE) Unknown 99 99 750	37.7% Below average	Read 220 Write 195 Mixed 188 45% 201 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 8.85 54% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 15.8 DQ Write 46.5 DQ Mixed 9.39 13% 23.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 51%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 52GB free Firmware: 3.AAJ Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 87 128996615 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1252 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 431787192 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 32300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1237 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 32 639893542 (C2) HDA temperature 38 68 64424509478 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 71 49 164842162 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34.5% Below average	Read 60.3 Write 59.6 Mixed 31.8 37% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.35 86% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB 2,312 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.3% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.63 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 8.7 23% 8.2 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 54%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) - $72

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	222x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	100x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	78x

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 $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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