MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.6% 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	73.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '16 at 13:51
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 59.7 2-Core 127 59% 92.8 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 399 40% 323 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 3208) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Lighting 40.6 Reflection 37.7 Parallax 34.3 33% 37.5 fps	MRender 44.2 Gravity 35.7 Splatting 37 32% 39 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Sol id State Disk 120GB 499 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11624 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 272 (A8) Unknown 100 100 32 (AA) Unknown 100 100 352 (AD) Unknown 100 100 19136882 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8448	73.5% Very good	Read 493 Write 346 Mixed 370 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 10.8 89% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 29.4 61% 121 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 72%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 27GB free Firmware: 15.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 140 137 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4625 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36617 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2877 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 769 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3855 (C2) HDA temperature 103 95 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3864 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.6% Good	Read 111 Write 107 Mixed 109 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.38 94% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DBLT4GN568S SP008GBLTU160N02 DBLT4GN128S 16GB 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.8% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 12.4 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 11 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 27%

Raft

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) - $88

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	100x
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	21x
R9 270XAMD $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples	19x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16