MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	26% 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	45.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141216
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	May 08 '17 at 03:04
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	85%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 1.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	33.7% Below average	Memory 52 1-Core 21.5 2-Core 44.6 27% 39.4 Pts	4-Core 85.4 8-Core 123 13% 104 Pts	64-Core 121 8% 121 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 68%

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: 17.4.4 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26% Poor	Lighting 27.9 Reflection 34.1 Parallax 45 23% 35.7 fps	MRender 49.9 Gravity 36.1 Splatting 35.1 32% 40.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27682 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1554 (B1) Unknown 89 89 103 (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 63 47 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 301 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32366796183	45.2% Average	Read 450 Write 187 Mixed 232 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 24.1 4K Mixed 7.86 46% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 51.4 DQ Write 47.5 DQ Mixed 8.9 18% 35.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 85%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 83GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q 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 96 96 16316 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 448 (B1) Unknown 96 96 144 (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 70 55 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 247 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7703132065	45.8% Average	Read 477 Write 209 Mixed 338 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 22.7 4K Mixed 6.79 41% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 51.7 DQ Write 39.7 DQ Mixed 27.7 26% 39.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 615GB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226178752 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8794 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 8602788475 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2280 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 41 35064752242725 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 557 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10620 (C2) HDA temperature 37 59 60129542181 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 3 226178752 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 24 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 98251671878563 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1571163631 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2368300991	49.9% Average	Read 83.6 Write 90.5 Mixed 102 70% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.14 42% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 74%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 208GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9854 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 44268 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2019 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 513 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9340 (C2) HDA temperature 107 85 36 (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 1714 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 101 Mixed 99.9 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.42 110% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Apacer AP34G1860U2K 4x4GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 12.7 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 7.2 17% 5.87 GB/s	Latency 153 26% 153 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 60%

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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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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