MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	1.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '18 at 23:59
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	72%

PC Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$57 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Memory 78.6 1-Core 60.2 2-Core 108 52% 82.2 Pts	4-Core 149 8-Core 149 20% 149 Pts	64-Core 147 9% 147 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% XFX(1682 9385) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.7% Very poor	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 51.9 Parallax 64.6 0% 38.8 fps	MRender 48.6 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 36.9 34% 42.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.05G09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 46 49 48 50 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 52.7 Write 73.2 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 46.5 38% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 61%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 424GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 27.5 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 27.6 36% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 71% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 2,501 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 12 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 9.5 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 83.2 48% 83.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 54%

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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 $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 $273	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 $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 $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