MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 62%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.09% 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	26.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '17 at 23:57
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62% Good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 64.6 2-Core 118 58% 91.1 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 191 26% 193 Pts	64-Core 197 12% 197 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Gigabyte(1458 3468) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.09% Terrible	Lighting 9.47 Reflection 9.77 Parallax 3.44 8% 7.56 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 7.27 Splatting 6.52 6% 7.28 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.09% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4187112 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 69535520528448 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3113 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 252 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4187112 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4187112 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4187112 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5081 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5612 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5612 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9814	26.6% Poor	Read 190 Write 62.6 Mixed 91.7 25% 115 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 10.1 4K Mixed 7.01 47% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 53.6 DQ Write 20 DQ Mixed 12.8 16% 28.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 51%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 647GB 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 110 91 133593880 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7084 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 4163 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 138794639 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3814 (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 77 54 387252247 (C2) HDA temperature 23 46 51539607575 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 23 133593880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -139646566647808 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4271400525 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1957955837	64.5% Good	Read 118 Write 107 Mixed 106 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.52 112% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 481GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 168260184 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 801 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4142544 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 993 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 589 (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 78 56 370343958 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5318 (C2) HDA temperature 22 44 73014444054 (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 -136154758249936 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5514251114 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5841857656	89.8% Excellent	Read 163 Write 150 Mixed 154 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.24 85% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GB 42,830 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 800, 800 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	45.4% Average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 15.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.8 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 46%

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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 $129Bench 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 $37Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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