MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 55.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	32.9% 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	31.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '20 at 21:44
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Memory 72.4 1-Core 52.5 2-Core 112 49% 79.1 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 308 32% 257 Pts	64-Core 212 13% 212 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.9% Below average	Lighting 41 Reflection 45.3 Parallax 48.3 33% 44.9 fps	MRender 48.1 Gravity 38.7 Splatting 32.5 32% 39.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 156 85 100 98 48 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 35.5 Write 348 Mixed 295 SusWrite 122 46% 200 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 33 4K Mixed 2.9 46% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 125 121% 191 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 88%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 612GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 91 75 87 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 86.5 Write 55.3 Mixed 49 SusWrite 90.8 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-9-9 D3-1333 3x4GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	MC Read 7.3 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 7 20% 6.87 GB/s	SC Read 4.3 SC Write 2.7 SC Mixed 3.4 10% 3.47 GB/s	Latency 95.9 42% 95.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 40%

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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	413x
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 $76Bench 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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Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16