MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	13.4% 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	50.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131008
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 05:48
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 68.7 2-Core 130 59% 94.6 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 429 41% 341 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5830 2,946 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 18.1 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 18.1 15% 16.2 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 13.7 Splatting 14.3 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 117 156013287 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -80762565008859 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 819 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 316 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 156013287 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 156013287 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 156013287 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19203 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16387 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16387 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16869	50.8% Above average	Read 402 Write 135 Mixed 196 53% 244 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 44.1 4K Mixed 16 73% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 90.6 DQ Mixed 50 51% 84.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 248GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 177 172 4125 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13541 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 25 25 54794 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1274 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 454 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13087 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 36 (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 5	64.1% Good	Read 120 Write 103 Mixed 107 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.51 125% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 76%
ASMT 2105 1TB 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 330GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Read 84.4 Write 47.6 Mixed 57.1 75% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.48 72% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL25664TG1608.16FF Samsung BL25664TG1608.16FF 99P5471-002.A00LF 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.3% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 16.2 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 45%

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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	100x
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	21x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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