MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	10.1% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '18 at 10:37
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 65.7 2-Core 126 59% 93.9 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 380 39% 314 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 74.8 Parallax 72.2 61% 74.1 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 69.2 Splatting 71.7 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 45 45 46 49 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	10.1% Very poor	Read 159 Write 174 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 45.3 23% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 4% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 117%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 44 44 45 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 158 Write 170 Mixed 61 SusWrite 44.5 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 134% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 549GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 44 45 46 47 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 169 Write 177 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 44.7 74% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX CML8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	47.3% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 59%

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

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

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 $57Bench 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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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