MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 64.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.6% 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	48.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8 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 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131008
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 11 '17 at 22:10
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 69.2 2-Core 139 60% 97.4 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 421 40% 334 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 34.7 Parallax 58.4 39% 47 fps	MRender 32.6 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 42.7 32% 38.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 7 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16430 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1419 (AA) Unknown 100 100 207 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 16449897 (AE) Unknown 100 100 49 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 38592 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (DA) Unknown 100 100 2 (E7) Temperature 100 100 91 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14769 (F2) Unknown 100 100 23276	48.9% Average	Read 190 Write 313 Mixed 143 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 10.3 70% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.3 DQ Write 71.1 DQ Mixed 10.7 19% 34.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 101GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 0 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4398 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 79025566 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13550 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1423 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 823459875 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 34359738403 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 31 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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 93166430599386 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3817066457 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3379005007	54.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 82.5 Mixed 31.1 54% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.33 75% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX CT51264BA160BJ.C8 12GB 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.5% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 10.9 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 27%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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