MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82.2% 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	58.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131008
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '16 at 16:08
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 70.8 2-Core 122 60% 94.6 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 284 32% 249 Pts	64-Core 282 18% 282 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 117 Parallax 107 83% 109 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 101 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256L9S-11 2.5 7mm 256GB 4,915 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC8110B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 104 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 19960 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1696 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15838 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19927	58.5% Above average	Read 327 Write 303 Mixed 323 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 16.6 85% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 49.1 DQ Mixed 16.3 18% 30.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 103%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 161 6850 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2538 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7703 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1050 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11573 (C2) HDA temperature 123 105 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	48.9% Average	Read 86.4 Write 84.2 Mixed 69.5 60% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.15 44% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 67%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: MN6OA180 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 78 (03) Spinup time 131 131 34388443573 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1765 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 27 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 986 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1767 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1767 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 188979544091 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 77	75.4% Very good	Read 137 Write 126 Mixed 121 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.26 85% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 4x4GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.5% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 16.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.9 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 63%

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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 $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) $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