MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.8% 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	60.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '20 at 18:00
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 (96^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 71 2-Core 131 61% 97.2 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 431 41% 340 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	Lighting 31.1 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 36.7 25% 33.6 fps	MRender 29.8 Gravity 26 Splatting 39.1 27% 31.6 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 146 151 152 152 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 268 Write 368 Mixed 264 SusWrite 174 61% 268 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 35.1 118% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 73.1 DQ Mixed 46.8 38% 52.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 910GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 115 118 119 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 118 Write 109 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 117 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-035.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 8GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 8.93 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 9 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 46%

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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%

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 $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 $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