MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	31.8% 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	59.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121018
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '15 at 09:55
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T-$165 5,709 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 64 2-Core 127 43% 95.6 Pts	4-Core 253 8-Core 330 37% 292 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 47% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% EVGA(3842 2680) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5598 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.8% Below average	Lighting 39 Reflection 37 Parallax 47.2 32% 41 fps	MRender 49.9 Gravity 35.4 Splatting 34.4 32% 39.9 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5117 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1073 (B1) Unknown 98 98 18 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 45 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 148 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14423553470	59.2% Above average	Read 391 Write 291 Mixed 198 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 12.8 80% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 89.9 DQ Mixed 14.7 24% 43.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 89%
Barracuda XT 4TB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206614972 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1793 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 104514711 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1662 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 28 51110666108953 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1579 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1830 (C2) HDA temperature 25 72 81604378649 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 3 206614972 (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 107314052858974 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26458424944 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9889106675	92.6% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 158 Mixed 106 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.65 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.54 173% 1.54 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 96 86 231561081 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2808 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5475771 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2919 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 686 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 421 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 47 454688794 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 246 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14454 (C2) HDA temperature 26 53 60129542170 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 88 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 88 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -48438641163755 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5906220372023 (F2) Unknown 100 253 140491844781122	76.7% Very good	Read 112 Write 155 Mixed 86.7 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.34 106% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 112%

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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 $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