MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 58.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	49.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.5% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130328
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '18 at 05:05
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Memory 83.3 1-Core 58.9 2-Core 120 55% 87.5 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 278 29% 232 Pts	64-Core 274 17% 274 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 2290) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Lighting 61.8 Reflection 55.3 Parallax 70.5 50% 62.5 fps	MRender 55.7 Gravity 48.8 Splatting 69.2 48% 57.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-459 240GB 349 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2501 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1933 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 170 (B1) Unknown 0 0 448 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 52786 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 104 (E7) Temperature 98 100 35 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10 (EA) Unknown 0 0 137 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20206 (F2) Unknown 0 0 31587	58.5% Above average	Read 382 Write 292 Mixed 326 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 15.1 78% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 80.6 DQ Mixed 14 22% 40.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 58GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 14464 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4396 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 13100658495 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12896 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2406 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032853 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 554893345 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 64424509473 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 35 14464 (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 -17944373349640 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3943205344 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1196101227	59.9% Above average	Read 97.4 Write 112 Mixed 56.3 65% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.47 89% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. Corsair CML8GX3M1A1600C10 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.1% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 16.9 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11.5 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 46%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) - $72

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	221x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	28x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

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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) $35	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