MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.74% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131008
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '16 at 01:15
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 67.3 2-Core 138 60% 97.3 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 432 44% 356 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 0463) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.74% Terrible	Lighting 0.93 Reflection 0.81 Parallax 1.38 1% 1.04 fps	MRender 0.95 Gravity 0.77 Splatting 0.87 1% 0.86 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.74% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AD iSCSIRAIDTower 558GB 497GB free Firmware: 120 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.1% Poor	Read 110 Write 101 Mixed 107 24% 106 MB/s	4K Read 9.21 4K Write 8.42 4K Mixed 5.07 25% 7.57 MB/s	DQ Read 11.6 DQ Write 87.1 DQ Mixed 4.8 17% 34.5 MB/s

Patriot Pyro m3 120GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 581ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 88080823 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -134930692568446 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 68 (B1) Unknown 0 0 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 14 14 60130459662 (C2) HDA temperature 14 14 60130459662 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 88080823 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 88080823 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 88080823 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3444 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1140 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1140 (F2) Unknown 0 0 168	42.2% Average	Read 425 Write 107 Mixed 158 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 9.11 59% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 18.9 DQ Write 51.4 DQ Mixed 10.6 15% 27 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 60%
WD WD30EURS-63SPKY0 3TB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 178 5625 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 50 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6389 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 11 (C2) HDA temperature 120 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.3% Very good	Read 127 Write 143 Mixed 116 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.26 80% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 82%
HGST Deskstar NAS 6TB-$250 974 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 931GB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 147 147 4326359454 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 56 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 340 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 121 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 219044773924 (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 200 200 0	72.4% Very good	Read 135 Write 117 Mixed 109 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.66 141% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 120%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SUPERTALENT02 2x8GB 754 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.5% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 16.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 60%

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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 $38Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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