MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 52%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.83% 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	53.8% 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 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130329
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '17 at 02:15
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	52% Above average	Memory 76 1-Core 46.9 2-Core 93.5 46% 72.1 Pts	4-Core 153 8-Core 249 25% 201 Pts	64-Core 248 15% 248 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7750 22,655 User benchmarks, average bench 8% MSI(1462 2794) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.350.1005.0 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	6.83% Terrible	Lighting 8.53 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 11.9 7% 10.2 fps	MRender 6.52 Gravity 8.83 Splatting 8.48 7% 7.95 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.83% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB-$66 2,808 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: JTRA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 5321 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 742 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 186 186 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 71 62 163209543709 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	53.8% Above average	Read 375 Write 359 Mixed 300 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 9.6 4K Write 33.8 4K Mixed 12 48% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 78 DQ Mixed 21.7 25% 40.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 107%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 758GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 291 (03) Spinup time 109 97 7541 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4885 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 16051 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1416 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 76640 (C2) HDA temperature 115 97 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 198 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 0	52.8% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 84.8 Mixed 22.1 50% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.16 62% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 309GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 223238328 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2080 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37792365 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 859 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 63 521732126 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22548 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 42949672990 (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 85680302589977 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12400923767 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32782956197	81.6% Excellent	Read 129 Write 156 Mixed 109 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.3 92% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 112%
ASMT 2105 3TB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free, PID 5136 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 31.9 Write 31.6 Mixed 29.9 40% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 70%
WD My Passport 0827 1TB 5,337 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 629GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 79.4 Write 81.7 Mixed 79.5 104% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.25 71% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.3% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 8.8 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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