MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.1% 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	66.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1228 x 684 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '18 at 16:40
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 73.3 2-Core 144 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 335 36% 289 Pts	64-Core 337 21% 337 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8521) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.1% Below average	Lighting 45.5 Reflection 44.3 Parallax 39.6 37% 43.1 fps	MRender 40.4 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 35.9 31% 38.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
V Series SATA SSD 120GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: V3.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1571 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 195 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 6765 (A5) Unknown 100 100 27 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2021 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1624 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 0 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0 (FB) Unknown 100 100 0 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0 (FD) Unknown 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	66.7% Good	Read 413 Write 370 Mixed 378 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 3.4 81% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 82.5 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 3.92 37% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 67%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1AG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 227 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 46780 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 114 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 59 303169554 (C2) HDA temperature 80 58 336723988 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 205098 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	55.2% Above average	Read 86.3 Write 106 Mixed 110 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.43 104% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA MK5059GSX 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 144GB free, PID 1901 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	16.5% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 32.1 Mixed 31.9 41% 32.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.19 60% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 KHX1600C9D3/4GX 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.7% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 9.1 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 8.5 24% 8.37 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 39%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	961x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	413x
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	142x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	35x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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