MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 7% 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 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 57.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.33% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	47.8% 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 (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '18 at 14:26
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	79%

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-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Memory 82.4 1-Core 61 2-Core 114 54% 85.7 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 148 24% 172 Pts	64-Core 308 19% 308 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 2651) 2GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	8.33% Terrible	Lighting 9.07 Reflection 8.88 Parallax 10.8 7% 9.6 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 11.7 Splatting 12.5 10% 12.4 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.33% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 155 100 667 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2436 (A6) Unknown 100 100 272 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 324 (A9) Unknown 100 100 179 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327 (AE) Unknown 100 100 293 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 206158430242 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 10 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 22477 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6850 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9932	47.8% Average	Read 491 Write 173 Mixed 255 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 3.55 52% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 72.5 DQ Write 78.5 DQ Mixed 23 32% 58 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 71%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$38 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 949GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 87635384 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5750 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 166906344 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7963 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2930 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131348 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 555745312 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23400 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 51539607584 (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 -63599875713812 (F1) Unknown 100 253 62457801633 (F2) Unknown 100 253 378938282612	79.1% Very good	Read 152 Write 122 Mixed 96.7 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 4.93 4K Mixed 0.59 185% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 51264Y133I CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 51264Y133I 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.5% Below average	MC Read 17 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 13.1 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 11.1 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 46%

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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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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 $40	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