MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121031
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 19:00
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.95 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 70.2 2-Core 129 60% 96.2 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 310 35% 275 Pts	64-Core 286 18% 286 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 122 Parallax 109 84% 111 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 105 Splatting 87 78% 96.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD PLUS 480GB 5,109 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 353GB free Firmware: Z31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1778 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 543 (A5) Unknown 100 100 51553697968 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 39 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 510 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 64 274878693404 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 214752100409 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2226 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3620 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3193 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3505 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	59.3% Above average	Read 356 Write 298 Mixed 319 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 16.6 84% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 15.4 20% 33.5 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 108%
Transcend TS480GSSD220S 480GB 5,978 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0624AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 44 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 530 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2526 (A5) Unknown 100 100 20 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36421878611994 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 23162 (F2) Unknown 100 100 20376 (F5) Unknown 100 100 29838	44.6% Average	Read 332 Write 189 Mixed 193 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 26.3 4K Mixed 10.2 64% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 29.8 DQ Mixed 9.2 12% 21.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 149761952 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 640 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 4729566569 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17388 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 336 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 54 504234009 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1467 (C2) HDA temperature 25 46 51539607577 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -31379031047344 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32145336425 (F2) Unknown 100 253 688829031473	88.3% Excellent	Read 188 Write 120 Mixed 141 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.21 83% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 113%
Seagate USB 250GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 152GB free, PID a0a4 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 79.5 Write 76.2 Mixed 74 98% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.31 69% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 163%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	46.7% Average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 13.9 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 72%

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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 $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 $300	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