MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.3% 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	35.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '18 at 22:24
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 72.4 2-Core 133 62% 99.3 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 460 43% 356 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Lighting 46.1 Reflection 51.2 Parallax 55.2 38% 50.8 fps	MRender 49.2 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 36.5 34% 42 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 480GB-$249 173 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 21302305 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 74423193331677 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 704 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 74 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 21302305 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 21302305 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 21302305 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 82253 (EA) Unknown 0 0 111733 (F1) Unknown 0 0 111733 (F2) Unknown 0 0 199146	35.3% Below average	Read 220 Write 195 Mixed 161 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 12.8 4K Mixed 8.53 44% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 16 DQ Write 54.2 DQ Mixed 6.53 13% 25.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 41%
Samsung HD102UJ 1TB 534 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 872GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 74 74 8620 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 3912 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 26952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1421 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 33 488439837 (C2) HDA temperature 70 32 82493942071326 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 119975 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 137 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	61.6% Good	Read 114 Write 100 Mixed 103 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 65%
Maxtor STM3500320AS 500GB 5,105 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 772GB free Firmware: MX15 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137928497 (03) Spinup time 94 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2996 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 12895814010 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3265 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1061 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 62 555745313 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 77309411361 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 19 137928497 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	66.9% Good	Read 117 Write 116 Mixed 100 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.49 128% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 59%
Maxtor STM3500320AS 500GB 5,105 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 772GB free Firmware: MX15 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198209934 (03) Spinup time 94 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3007 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9163407 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1068 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 538968096 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 29 198209934 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	75% Very good	Read 153 Write 108 Mixed 94.7 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.58 149% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 59%
Seagate FreeAgent FW 2TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 2TB free, PID 3200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 30.9 Write 30.9 Mixed 12.1 30% 24.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 17%
Maxtor OneTouch 250GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 63GB free, PID 7000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 26.4 Write 28.2 Mixed 16.4 30% 23.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.38 71% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.5% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 18 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.9 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 73%

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Gaming 23%

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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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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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16