MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.1% 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	43.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131008
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '18 at 02:44
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 70.7 2-Core 133 61% 97.7 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 375 37% 301 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Zotac(19DA 3265) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Lighting 31.4 Reflection 29 Parallax 37 26% 32.5 fps	MRender 42 Gravity 37.1 Splatting 32.6 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 100 350 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 628 (A6) Unknown 100 100 58 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 110 (A9) Unknown 100 100 150 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 94 (AE) Unknown 100 100 91 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 100 219043332136 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7484 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1839 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2069	43.6% Average	Read 404 Write 159 Mixed 239 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 2.02 57% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 20 DQ Write 90 DQ Mixed 2.16 17% 37.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 71%
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB 10,566 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 77GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 144 3550 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3223 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3030 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1330 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 379828 (C2) HDA temperature 119 94 28 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	25.3% Poor	Read 44.2 Write 43.6 Mixed 19.3 26% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.29 73% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2133 C10 4x4GB 234 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 83%

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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%

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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 $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