MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (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 63.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.8% 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	41.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 9 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	21.8 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 31 '17 at 15:14
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (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-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	63.6% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 74.7 2-Core 148 61% 102 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 436 40% 338 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 68%

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: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 35 Reflection 32 Parallax 42.6 28% 36.5 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 29.5 Splatting 37 26% 31.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 37 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 13 (AA) Unknown 100 100 15 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65538 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 70 58 180390002718 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 4 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 529 (F1) Unknown 100 100 525 (F2) Unknown 100 100 222 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1 (F5) Unknown 100 100 2 (F6) Unknown 100 100 23232	41.5% Average	Read 302 Write 52.8 Mixed 66 30% 140 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 6.74 66% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 11.7 52% 118 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 102%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 856GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th 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 1178 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4510 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1112 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 94904 (C2) HDA temperature 124 105 26 (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	54% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 90.3 Mixed 86.2 69% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.21 76% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 67%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 591GB free Firmware: MX4O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 127 127 21494366504 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 721 (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 1101 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 302 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 721 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 721 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 197569478681 (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	97.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 170 Mixed 161 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.18 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 448GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 688 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 322 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 665 (C2) HDA temperature 119 99 24 (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
Poor: 52% 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 below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120588699 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4107 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28580682 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7011 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1887 (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 77 55 471072791 (C2) HDA temperature 23 45 51539607575 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 28 120588699 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	38.6% Below average	Read 68.2 Write 66.4 Mixed 62.3 49% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.31 73% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 38.6% 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 15.1 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.4 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 43.9% 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16