MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	15.1% 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	37% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120615
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '17 at 22:43
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 840-$150 5,147 User benchmarks, average bench 47% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	41.8% Average	Memory 59.6 1-Core 46.9 2-Core 92.8 41% 66.4 Pts	4-Core 137 8-Core 163 19% 150 Pts	64-Core 153 10% 153 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 3527) 1GB CLim: 830 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Lighting 17.3 Reflection 20.3 Parallax 15.5 14% 17.7 fps	MRender 24.9 Gravity 18 Splatting 20.4 17% 21.1 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 42961789373 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 27 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 10075993291267 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3021 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 377 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 8144 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12116413 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 27 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12116413 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12116413 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9954 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10829 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10829 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11347	37% Below average	Read 202 Write 145 Mixed 157 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 36 4K Mixed 8.46 51% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 40.2 52% 92.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 182GB free Firmware: CC4D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 32412304 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3204 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 59 55 210496971927 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14815 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2824 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 621674531 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 431 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7826 (C2) HDA temperature 35 46 60129542179 (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 118227564771518 (F1) Unknown 100 253 113488147859808 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28131735897510	77.8% Very good	Read 135 Write 137 Mixed 145 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.33 82% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 112%
Adata S102 Pro USB 3.0 16GB-$22 1,656 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 14GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 107 Write 27 Mixed 30.3 54% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.78 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.8 75% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 10.6 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 5.4 17% 5.93 GB/s	Latency 129 31% 129 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 51%

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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 $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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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