MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 60.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	13.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130204
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '17 at 02:26
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Memory 82 1-Core 63.2 2-Core 123 56% 89.4 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 350 35% 283 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 362D) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 15.9 Reflection 14.2 Parallax 12.7 13% 14.3 fps	MRender 18.7 Gravity 18.4 Splatting 14.5 14% 17.2 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB 10,566 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 65GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 15 (03) Spinup time 189 187 1541 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9510 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15836 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 98 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5528 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 779 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 123 123 231411 (C2) HDA temperature 122 82 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	18.2% Very poor	Read 31.6 Write 31.5 Mixed 20.6 21% 27.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.25 67% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 32%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 90 143695045 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4253 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 18078894356 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 40532 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4412 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 555614241 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 51539607585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 72 52 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	31.9% Below average	Read 59.2 Write 52 Mixed 22.9 33% 44.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.31 72% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 2133 CL11 Series CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 2133 CL11 Series 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	41.3% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 14.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 10.1 25% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 47%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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