MSI 970A-G45 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 58.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.42% 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	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-G45 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111107
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 03:07
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 960T-$469 4,461 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	58.6% Above average	Memory 87.5 1-Core 48.4 2-Core 90.5 50% 75.5 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 176 24% 176 Pts	64-Core 175 11% 175 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6700 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B E144) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	5.42% Terrible	Lighting 7.03 Reflection 5.5 Parallax 5.69 6% 6.07 fps	MRender 5.43 Gravity 4.9 Splatting 6.91 5% 5.75 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.42% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 155GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 192 192 1326 (03) Spinup time 143 141 3841 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2329 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1507 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1356 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 972 (C2) HDA temperature 110 91 33 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 55 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 55 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 27 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 31	48.6% Average	Read 80.9 Write 88.4 Mixed 78.7 62% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS543232A7A384 320GB-$40 17,642 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: ES2OA60W Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 211 100 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 3142 (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 75 75 11168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3076 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 137458548736 (BC) Unknown 100 88 267413 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 304152608 (BF) G-sense error rate 39 39 15790 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 16122102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 49 49 510499 (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 10 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	35.4% Below average	Read 62.3 Write 61 Mixed 59.9 46% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.2 59% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 46%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 121GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897026234 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3076 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 954 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3116 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3116 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 214749216803 (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 4770	76.8% Very good	Read 140 Write 128 Mixed 127 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 0, 0 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.1% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 11.9 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 8.2 19% 6.8 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 54%

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Gaming 19%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G45 (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	13x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	9x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	6x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	6x

SSD
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples	3x
MX500 500GBCrucial $44Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	3x
SKC600512G 512GBKingstonBench 109%, 5,390 samples	3x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	11x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 3,072 samples	6x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $149

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $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