MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	93.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). 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, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '17 at 12:37
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 65.2 2-Core 118 57% 90.1 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 380 38% 310 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 150 Parallax 142 90% 134 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 139 Splatting 114 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1447 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2143239865083 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 17 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 24 326417514542 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1090930606334 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2282 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7167 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3717 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10397 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	62.7% Good	Read 485 Write 355 Mixed 244 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 5.46 57% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 5.94 37% 85.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 86%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 26GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4286503 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -13537736909861 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1729 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 193 (B1) Unknown 0 0 93 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 47 64427589660 (C2) HDA temperature 28 47 64427589660 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4286503 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4286503 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4286503 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25619 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22870 (F1) Unknown 0 0 22870 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9535 (F4) Unknown 93 93 196673761	57.4% Above average	Read 502 Write 89.1 Mixed 195 57% 262 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 15.9 88% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 41.7 55% 102 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 73%
Sandisk S064G 63GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 12GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5344 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (A5) Unknown 100 100 928465 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 237 (AE) Unknown 100 100 119 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 22 214764879894 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 790 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 273 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7316269742 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14951569556	43.2% Average	Read 446 Write 178 Mixed 233 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 16.5 4K Mixed 9.38 45% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 38.1 DQ Write 18 DQ Mixed 10.2 12% 22.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 47%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 839GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 197 197 3937 (03) Spinup time 178 168 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1120 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 697 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1027 (C2) HDA temperature 119 95 28 (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 200 197 1	79.2% Very good	Read 153 Write 123 Mixed 118 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.4 139% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 76%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 820GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 73.7 Mixed 51.6 82% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.27 76% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 2,146 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 933, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.1% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 17 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11.7 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 63%

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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	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	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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $40	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