MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 62%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	59.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130716
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '17 at 23:03
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 above expectations (61^st percentile)	62% Good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 60.1 2-Core 116 56% 87.9 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 268 30% 234 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.6% Above average	Lighting 62.3 Reflection 97 Parallax 106 51% 88.4 fps	MRender 90.4 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 94.7 77% 93.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15243 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 424 (B1) Unknown 95 95 93 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 50 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 69 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36008333853
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 355GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1083 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8483 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 50287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 511 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8327 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 34 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.1% Above average	Read 113 Write 92.3 Mixed 83.4 72% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.42 116% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 62%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 310GB free Firmware: SD28 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186373916 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5299 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 69769630 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35718 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 745 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 297 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 416431 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 64424509469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 42 186373916 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.2% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 89.7 Mixed 71.7 63% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.33 66% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.9% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 16.2 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 10.2 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 63%

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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 $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