MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 57.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	19.8% 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	66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very 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.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121031
Uptime	14.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 20:42
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Memory 83.2 1-Core 56.3 2-Core 112 53% 84 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 235 26% 208 Pts	64-Core 254 16% 254 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650 Ti Boost-$140 15,701 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3658) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Lighting 22.6 Reflection 21.5 Parallax 27.9 18% 24 fps	MRender 30.5 Gravity 26.6 Splatting 25.8 22% 27.6 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Sol id State Disk 240GB 298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2625 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 51 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 18290 (A5) Unknown 100 100 14 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1590 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1510 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0 (FB) Unknown 100 100 0 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0 (FD) Unknown 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	66.3% Good	Read 495 Write 376 Mixed 418 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 3.19 68% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 3.92 34% 79.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$56 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 545GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 178 3991 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1699 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29901 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 397 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 261 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1437 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 30 (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	73.2% Very good	Read 152 Write 103 Mixed 114 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.38 105% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 76%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 334GB free Firmware: 01.0 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 143 3316 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2380 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 19 19 59771 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1539 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 984 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1095824 (C2) HDA temperature 118 79 25 (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	51.2% Above average	Read 85 Write 92.9 Mixed 90.4 68% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.38 107% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	43.1% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 11.3 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 51%

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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