MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160623
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '18 at 07:16
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 74.4 2-Core 145 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 267 8-Core 440 43% 353 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 77.4 Parallax 66.6 62% 73.3 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 70 Splatting 72.1 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 618 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 337 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5356635465	88.4% Excellent	Read 490 Write 384 Mixed 405 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 32.7 127% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 69.8 74% 123 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$79 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 929GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 238275216 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1619 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5696285 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 692 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 84 32 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 572522530 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10858 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 55834574882 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 161 6329 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 1743756722776 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7717385184 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9847391282	91.7% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 151 Mixed 142 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.18 63% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 506GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6125 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5234 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 585 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5538 (C2) HDA temperature 107 92 40 (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 245030 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.7% Good	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 105 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.52 147% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 74%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 490GB free Firmware: 0108 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 29.3 Mixed 25.6 22% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 3.15 4K Mixed 0.4 145% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 3x8GB 495 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.3% Below average	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9.2 28% 9.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 9.1 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 63%

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Typical 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 253 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	105x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	38x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	21x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	6x

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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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16