MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.12% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '16 at 05:01
Run Duration	288 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 57.7 2-Core 113 57% 87.8 Pts	4-Core 203 8-Core 321 32% 262 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 048B) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1035.1001 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.12% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 9.15 Parallax 9.09 6% 8.55 fps	MRender 7.95 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 8.48 6% 7.6 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.12% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 180 480GB-$140 1,103 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 447GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (AB) Unknown 100 100 160663888 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1 (F9) Unknown 100 100 108425	68.5% Good	Read 367 Write 410 Mixed 294 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 18.1 88% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 88 DQ Mixed 18.8 26% 44.9 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 110%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 786GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 177 3725 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 143 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 129 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 80 (C2) HDA temperature 112 107 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57% Above average	Read 103 Write 96 Mixed 92.2 73% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.26 69% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 76%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 32GB 7,326 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 27GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	5.67% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 7.06 Mixed 10.9 14% 13.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.23 4K Write 0.07 4K Mixed 0.03 15% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.67% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 17.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 51%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) - $88

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	82x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	47x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
R9 270XAMD $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples	19x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	46x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	39x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	16x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $376

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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