MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (5th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 95 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	16.8% 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	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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130716
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '19 at 04:34
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	36.4% Below average	Memory 57.2 1-Core 29.2 2-Core 62.1 33% 49.5 Pts	4-Core 86.9 8-Core 127 13% 107 Pts	64-Core 100 6% 100 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368E) 2GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 419.17 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 18.5 Reflection 29 Parallax 17.8 15% 21.8 fps	MRender 21.4 Gravity 36.8 Splatting 18 20% 25.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 120GB-$42 7,190 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 22GB free Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 154 166 176 195 205 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.2% Average	Read 266 Write 220 Mixed 260 SusWrite 182 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 17.9 57% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 84.6 DQ Mixed 41.1 36% 51.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 115%
MM0500EBKAE 500GB 235 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPG3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 66 71 87 89 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 39.7 Write 76.3 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 78.4 44% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 185% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 1x8GB 12,268 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 7.3 22% 7.6 GB/s	SC Read 4.1 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 4.7 13% 4.5 GB/s	Latency 136 29% 136 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 34%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 34%

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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	102x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	83x
FX-8320AMD $203Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	48x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	22x
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 $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	46x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	40x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	16x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $376

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $160
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353