MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 23:12
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 71.3 2-Core 142 61% 99.4 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 331 36% 287 Pts	64-Core 333 21% 333 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E241) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Lighting 35.7 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 43.6 29% 37.2 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 29.9 Splatting 36.9 26% 31.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789661484 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 697 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 284 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 697 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 697 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 197569478684 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	84.7% Excellent	Read 155 Write 141 Mixed 21.5 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 771GB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 157 6908 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1154 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1094 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 94814 (C2) HDA temperature 125 105 25 (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 200 195 85 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.3% Average	Read 69.9 Write 73.9 Mixed 6.54 36% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 457GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 663 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 304 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 642 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 25 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	87.6% Excellent	Read 167 Write 139 Mixed 122 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.3 120% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 165GB free Firmware: SD22 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112637545 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4080 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28332308 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6917 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1869 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 11 11 89 (BE) vendor-specific 74 55 437256218 (C2) HDA temperature 26 45 51539607578 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 28 112637545 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	36.3% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 62.3 Mixed 35.4 40% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.35 75% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-028.A00LF F3-1600C11-8GNT 99U5474-028.A00LF F3-1600C11-8GNT 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.1% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 13.8 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.1 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 44%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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