MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131008
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '16 at 02:23
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 91 1-Core 68.2 2-Core 123 60% 94.1 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 400 39% 320 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.11.5 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 56.2 Parallax 101 63% 78.3 fps	MRender 56.8 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 73 56% 68.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03D1Q 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 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13226 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1280 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 86 86 476 (B2) Unknown 95 95 94 (B3) Unknown 95 95 180 (B4) Unknown 95 95 3852 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 3 (E8) Unknown 95 95 1922 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22232051093 (F2) Unknown 99 99 20196519139	45.6% Average	Read 352 Write 200 Mixed 159 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 10.9 60% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.2 DQ Write 51.5 DQ Mixed 11 16% 27.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 73%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$78 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 149181904 (03) Spinup time 89 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 364 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17456150 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4460 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 262 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 47 773914669 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 365 (C2) HDA temperature 45 53 77309411373 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 7 149181904 (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 -86908663230207 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3218689989 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4105374795	68.3% Good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 91.5 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.34 92% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 668GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2251 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21573 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1512 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2210 (C2) HDA temperature 105 96 42 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 74 74 19549 (F1) Unknown 200 200 11813819641 (F2) Unknown 200 200 9427174890	58.3% Above average	Read 110 Write 92.9 Mixed 25 55% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.28 86% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.1 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 64%

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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	101x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	83x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	47x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	28x
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 $76Bench 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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16