MSI 970A-G45 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 43.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	35.9% 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	49.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G45 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	15.7 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '17 at 10:05
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Memory 63.5 1-Core 31.5 2-Core 92.7 39% 62.6 Pts	4-Core 138 8-Core 141 19% 140 Pts	64-Core 171 11% 171 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 3001) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.9% Below average	Lighting 46.8 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 57.6 38% 45.2 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 45.9 Splatting 39.1 32% 38.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4907127 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 1082331764859 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 450 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 50 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 42 51542360095 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 51542360095 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4907127 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4907127 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4907127 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 47244640257 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9744 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6593 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6593 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3577 (F4) Unknown 98 98 4653126	49.4% Average	Read 400 Write 112 Mixed 168 49% 226 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 13.1 82% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 88.8 DQ Mixed 11.6 22% 42.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 61GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 109877073 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6705 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 105 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 9183955154 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 49652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1599 (B7) Unknown 82 82 18 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295033038 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 487653405 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 38654705693 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 19 109877073 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -18421114682158 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3811238350 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1529693837	63.8% Good	Read 112 Write 110 Mixed 73.4 73% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.39 87% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 68%
Samsung HM120JI 120GB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 42GB free Firmware: YF100-15 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2816 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8774 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2697944 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4417 (BF) G-sense error rate 52 52 491130 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 154 49 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 40758 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 9 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 40 40 609893 (FF) Unknown 253 100 0	16.2% Very poor	Read 26.2 Write 29.9 Mixed 26.6 21% 27.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.31 71% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 20GB 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.2% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 4.7 MC Mixed 6.9 18% 6.33 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.5 20% 7.13 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns

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Gaming 19%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G45 (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	13x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	9x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
RX 580AMD $140Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	6x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	6x

SSD
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples	3x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	3x
SKC600512G 512GBKingstonBench 109%, 5,390 samples	3x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	11x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 3,072 samples	6x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $106

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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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