MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 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 46.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	26.7% 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	40.8% 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 (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '17 at 12:34
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Memory 70.6 1-Core 49.3 2-Core 86.3 44% 68.7 Pts	4-Core 132 8-Core 151 18% 142 Pts	64-Core 161 10% 161 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Gigabyte(1458 2272) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.7% Poor	Lighting 33.3 Reflection 30.9 Parallax 38.6 27% 34.3 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 29.7 Splatting 35.4 26% 31.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 43087535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 51479478019322 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 973 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 94 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 54 60133081119 (C2) HDA temperature 31 54 60133081119 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 43087535 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 43087535 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 43087535 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16956 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11505 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11505 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10654 (F4) Unknown 96 96 8061051	40.8% Average	Read 360 Write 114 Mixed 151 45% 208 MB/s	4K Read 8.01 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 13.5 53% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 64.8 DQ Write 78 DQ Mixed 30.8 34% 57.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 73%
Seagate ST3500620AS 500GB-$145 5,462 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 91GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 93 67607239 (03) Spinup time 94 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4751 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 222 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 185389134785 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24642 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 24 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3991 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1926 (BC) Unknown 100 98 536 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 67 44 4849860641 (C2) HDA temperature 33 56 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 16 67607239 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3	42.4% Average	Read 78.7 Write 68.8 Mixed 73.4 56% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.32 77% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 2x8GB 4,816 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 14.8 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 8 19% 6.57 GB/s	Latency 99.9 40% 99.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $175Bench 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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
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