MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.5% 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	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.

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130328
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '19 at 23:40
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 71.5 2-Core 132 60% 96.8 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 421 40% 331 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85D1) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Lighting 47.3 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 39.8 39% 39.8 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 42.9 Splatting 38 33% 40 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 731GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 86 81 85 85 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 79.4 Write 74.2 Mixed 43.2 SusWrite 83.3 51% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 68%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 667GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 146 168 173 172 179 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 134 Write 158 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 163 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 111%
WD My Passport 25EA 3TB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 2.5TB free, PID 25ea Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	2.23% Terrible	Read 5 Write 5.5 Mixed 5.8 SusWrite 5.4 8% 5.42 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 7% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 2.23% Great: 47%
SanDisk Sandisk Ultra 126GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 118GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 25.7 Write 24.8 Mixed 22 SusWrite 25.4 33% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.9 65% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.8% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 70.7 56% 70.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	222x
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 $38Bench 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 $269	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 $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