MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	23% 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	65.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '18 at 00:55
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48% Average	Memory 78.8 1-Core 30.3 2-Core 56 40% 55 Pts	4-Core 99.6 8-Core 126 14% 113 Pts	64-Core 142 9% 142 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	23% Poor	Lighting 27.9 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 32.8 23% 30.2 fps	MRender 26.6 Gravity 22.2 Splatting 35 24% 27.9 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 120GB-$67 1,123 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 302 330 331 338 248 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 376 Write 387 Mixed 284 SusWrite 309 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 32.9 4K Mixed 22.1 74% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 200 148% 197 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 324 341 345 347 353 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 457GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 25 26 27 27 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 27.5 Write 25.5 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 25.8 34% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 59% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04HAAA30-15 2x8GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 15.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 9.5 21% 7.43 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 75%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $175Bench 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 $273	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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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