MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 49.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.27% 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	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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 (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	0.5 GB free of 10 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '21 at 04:09
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing below expectations (20^th 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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	49.9% Average	Memory 75 1-Core 34.1 2-Core 77.3 42% 62.1 Pts	4-Core 141 8-Core 173 20% 157 Pts	64-Core 195 12% 195 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Nvidia(10DE 0973) 1GB CLim: 1110 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	8.27% Terrible	Lighting 9.1 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 10.8 7% 10.9 fps	MRender 13.5 Gravity 12.3 Splatting 11.1 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.27% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 245 258 231 156 178 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 376 Write 284 Mixed 295 SusWrite 212 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 12.9 4K Mixed 18.9 73% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 31.4 DQ Mixed 48.5 53% 93.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 124%
WDC WDBN CE2500PNC 250GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 26GB free Firmware: X611 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 205 194 190 168 210 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 387 Write 285 Mixed 228 SusWrite 194 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 11.7 4K Mixed 10.3 60% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 17.4 DQ Mixed 31.6 42% 81.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 97%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 710GB free Firmware: CC3H SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 24 31 24 31 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 108 Write 105 Mixed 62 SusWrite 39.6 58% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 66%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 111 114 113 100 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 128 Write 116 Mixed 85.9 SusWrite 112 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS2G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 10GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 800, 800, 800 MHz 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25.9% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 8.6 26% 8.93 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 6.4 15% 5.27 GB/s	Latency 90.3 44% 90.3 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 33%

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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%

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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 $269	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 $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