MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 57.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	47% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121031
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 04:24
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Memory 81.5 1-Core 60 2-Core 120 54% 87.3 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 330 31% 257 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47% Average	Lighting 54.8 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 87 45% 69.9 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 55.9 52% 64.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 22GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd 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 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (64) Unknown 100 100 90240 (65) Unknown 100 100 26000 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 53 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 693 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 184685101090 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 173 (EA) Unknown 100 100 152 (F1) Unknown 100 100 159 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	41.1% Average	Read 336 Write 146 Mixed 131 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 6.9 60% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 48 DQ Mixed 6.92 14% 27.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10374 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 679 (B1) Unknown 95 95 96 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 45 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15164049652	53.9% Above average	Read 246 Write 278 Mixed 213 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 17.2 84% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 60.6 DQ Mixed 17.7 22% 36.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 115%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 653GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1510 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9882 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 672 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48698 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	55.2% Above average	Read 87.1 Write 105 Mixed 71 66% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 84%
Seagate ST3120813AS 120GB-$98 647 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 40GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 93 81 98968081 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3049 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 748886393 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 41766 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1512 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 42 672858151 (C2) HDA temperature 39 58 60129542183 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 46 186122480 (C5) Current pending sector count 88 87 253 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 88 87 253 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	25.9% Poor	Read 51 Write 39.2 Mixed 14 25% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.25 64% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 12.1 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 9.8 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 50%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 27%

Raft

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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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