MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	77.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.9% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160623
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '19 at 00:58
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63% Good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 68.7 2-Core 136 60% 97.1 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 276 32% 249 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% MSI(1462 3680) CLim: 1702 MHz, MLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 84.7 Reflection 90.4 Parallax 169 69% 115 fps	MRender 91.1 Gravity 119 Splatting 130 95% 113 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 596 393 488 476 474 472 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 262 Write 698 Mixed 851 SusWrite 483 131% 574 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 26.1 106% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 399 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 377 276% 362 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 262%
Samsung HD105SI 1TB 5,813 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 777GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 61 0 0 22 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 83.5 Write 91.5 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 41.4 50% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 167% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 60%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$99 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 635GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 109 125 125 116 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 167 Mixed 11.8 SusWrite 114 69% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 90% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 108%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 485GB free Firmware: 1AG01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 81 79 78 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 50.5 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 78.2 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 196GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 77 77 76 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 35.5 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 75.6 40% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 61GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 76 76 76 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 78.7 Write 74.7 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 74.5 51% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.5% Poor	MC Read 10 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.9 27% 9.53 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.7 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 64%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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 $90Bench 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 $76Bench 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 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16