MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 51.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.31% 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	38.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121031
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '16 at 14:40
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 640-$70 18,839 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Memory 72.9 1-Core 43.3 2-Core 85.4 44% 67.2 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 174 23% 174 Pts	64-Core 173 11% 173 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Zotac(19DA 730B) 2GB CLim: 966 MHz, MLim: 405 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.31% Terrible	Lighting 6.37 Reflection 7.04 Parallax 7.91 5% 7.1 fps	MRender 4.19 Gravity 7.67 Splatting 7.87 6% 6.58 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.31% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC120G3LC709B121-460P 120GB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6032114 (05) Reallocated sector count 92 92 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -66245575572851 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 692 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 56 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 54 1009320853540 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6032114 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6032114 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6032114 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 30064771072 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16286 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2791 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2791 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2601	38.5% Below average	Read 417 Write 105 Mixed 119 46% 214 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 25.7 4K Mixed 8.11 41% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 46 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 21.1 31% 56.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 64%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 651GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 105 100 7716 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1132 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1962 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 888 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 284 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 31834 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 30 (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	60.5% Good	Read 113 Write 98 Mixed 99.2 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 69%
Maxtor S TM3750330AS 750GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 60GB free Firmware: MX15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197402803 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4630 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 223638892419 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11152 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 34 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4272 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 64 51540395676 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 47 605290532 (C2) HDA temperature 36 53 68719476772 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 29 197402803 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 174 866	55.9% Above average	Read 94.4 Write 100 Mixed 83.3 70% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.28 83% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 59%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 3,779 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 373GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	9.91% Terrible	Read 14.6 Write 28.7 Mixed 27.6 33% 23.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 0.45 4K Mixed 0.21 25% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.91% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	29.3% Poor	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 10.7 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8.5 21% 7.33 GB/s	Latency 94.8 42% 94.8 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 29.3% 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 $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