MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.4% 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	93% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '20 at 03:04
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 69.7 2-Core 142 60% 99.1 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 393 43% 338 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 109 Parallax 92.8 82% 101 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 99.4 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA1000CM10002 1TB 3,599 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 736GB free (System drive) Firmware: STAS1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 198 424 430 440 437 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 447 Mixed 392 SusWrite 370 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 36.6 126% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 192 162% 236 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 301GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 28 30 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 27.3 Write 27 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 27.8 20% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.8 184% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 66%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 165 167 170 168 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 165 Mixed 99 SusWrite 167 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 96%
USB Drive 3.0 64GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 32GB free, PID 0331 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.1 9.7 8.9 8.6 9.3 8.6 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	8.3% Terrible	Read 30.2 Write 24.2 Mixed 1 SusWrite 9 19% 16.1 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 36% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.3% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.4% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 7.8 24% 8.53 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 8.3 24% 8.4 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 47%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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