MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 40% Speed boat


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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.3% 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '17 at 04:37
Run Duration	401 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 73.4 2-Core 145 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 458 46% 374 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Lighting 83 Reflection 79.4 Parallax 69.2 68% 77.2 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 76.2 61% 74.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 238GB free Firmware: Z2201000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 122 100 122 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2282 (A6) Unknown 100 100 22 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 77 (A9) Unknown 100 100 368 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 60 (AE) Unknown 100 100 138 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 274877906980 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8522 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3955 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4904	65.2% Good	Read 491 Write 326 Mixed 384 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 4.19 69% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 4.05 44% 103 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 84%
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 238GB free Firmware: DC86201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 527 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1724 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 33875 (AE) Unknown 100 100 141 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1760 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8468 (F1) Unknown 100 100 139829 (F2) Unknown 100 100 214821	77.9% Very good	Read 508 Write 417 Mixed 447 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 16.4 86% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 16.4 51% 108 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 101%
Liteonit LMT-128M6M mSATA 128GB 1,674 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 119GB free Firmware: DM7110F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1203 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 433114 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 608 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 247997 (F2) Unknown 100 100 259145	66.2% Good	Read 502 Write 307 Mixed 374 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 15.8 84% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 87.1 DQ Mixed 66.7 48% 60.5 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 86%
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 630 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1210 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 107 (A3) Unknown 100 100 45 (A4) Unknown 100 100 72582 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 17 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 20 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 113 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 166301 (F2) Unknown 100 100 268718 (F5) Unknown 100 100 145164	56.3% Above average	Read 480 Write 194 Mixed 248 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 31.9 4K Mixed 17.2 72% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 68.3 DQ Write 86.7 DQ Mixed 40.5 41% 65.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 89289534 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2250 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8558137 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 964 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 44 437780506 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2345 (C2) HDA temperature 26 15 64424509466 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 89289534 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 74942884349208 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4981658106 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4984666046	83% Excellent	Read 142 Write 147 Mixed 137 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.35 108% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 112%
Generic Flash Disk 2GB 6,669 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.74% Terrible	Read 11.6 Write 4.3 Mixed 5.93 8% 7.27 MB/s	4K Read 4.63 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 18% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.74% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G F3-14900CL9-4GBSR KHX1866C10D3/4G F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 16GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 933, 800, 933, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	50% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 17.4 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 50%

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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 $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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16