MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 57%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.99% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	188% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160623
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '20 at 14:51
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57% Above average	Memory 82 1-Core 63.2 2-Core 115 55% 86.7 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 188 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 183 11% 183 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 048B) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	5.99% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 8.15 Parallax 8.59 6% 7.95 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 6.67 Splatting 8.52 6% 7.7 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.99% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 408GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32A0T2IA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 977 1038 1050 1051 1081 1050 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,253 Write 560 Mixed 879 SusWrite 1,041 209% 933 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 59.4 188% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 401 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 375 269% 349 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 311%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 219GB free Firmware: CC2H SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 106 108 107 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 115 Write 113 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 107 71% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 64%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 267GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 101 102 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 100 Write 97.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 101 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 59%
Generic USB Flash Disk 32GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 26GB free, PID null, nexxtech SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 5.2 7.7 3.2 3.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	6.1% Terrible	Read 26 Write 8.5 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 7.1 14% 12.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.8 39% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.1% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-020.A00LF 2x4GB 6,486 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.9% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 15.7 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 12.2 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 54%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 253 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	105x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	38x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	21x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	6x

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Total price: $227

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16