MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.7% 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	60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121031
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 19:06
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 127 60% 95.8 Pts	4-Core 219 8-Core 355 35% 287 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 9460) CLim: 1220 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	Lighting 28.4 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 31.7 23% 30.4 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 25.2 Splatting 34 25% 29.9 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 180 480GB-$140 1,103 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15436 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (AB) Unknown 100 100 160663888 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 54 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5514 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3835 (F9) Unknown 100 100 252270676	60.1% Good	Read 342 Write 382 Mixed 308 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 12.3 72% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.8 DQ Write 64.6 DQ Mixed 12.6 19% 33.7 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 110%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 842GB free Firmware: 0707 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 31.1 Mixed 24 22% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 3.58 4K Mixed 0.39 143% 1.59 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 66%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 792GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 4066 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 182 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 47436 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 168 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 107 (C2) HDA temperature 107 105 40 (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 0	63.9% Good	Read 119 Write 103 Mixed 54 68% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.44 125% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	44.1% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.1 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 54%

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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	99x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	82x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $274	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 $184	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