MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.1% 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.

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

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '19 at 20:33
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 74 2-Core 140 61% 99.8 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 421 42% 340 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 75.3 Reflection 63.8 Parallax 86 61% 75 fps	MRender 64.3 Gravity 67.3 Splatting 79.9 59% 70.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 Pro. 256GB 576 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: JYRA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 312 334 293 297 242 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 297 Write 113 Mixed 389 SusWrite 294 62% 274 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 32.1 100% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 253 186% 244 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 105%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 184 186 189 188 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 175 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 188 103% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 172GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 114 114 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 114 73% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 400GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 187 186 187 188 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 149 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 187 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Generic- SD/MMC 268GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 233GB free, PID 0119 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19.4% Very poor	Read 5.3 Write 5.3 Mixed 6.5 SusWrite 10.7 10% 6.95 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 254% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[1/6/3]996(F) 4x4GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.1% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 15.8 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.2 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 84%

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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%

Battle cruiser

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 $295	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