MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	85% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121031
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '17 at 21:59
Run Duration	406 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 80.3 1-Core 67.2 2-Core 119 56% 88.9 Pts	4-Core 202 8-Core 281 30% 241 Pts	64-Core 264 16% 264 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85% Excellent	Lighting 95.8 Reflection 121 Parallax 127 78% 115 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HUH728080ALE601 8TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 630GB free Firmware: A4GNV7J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 108 (03) Spinup time 155 155 38684787076 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3926 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8460 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1390 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4297 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4297 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 266288627749 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 64 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 13147	89% Excellent	Read 156 Write 154 Mixed 107 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.28 103% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 112%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 133 4033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 222 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 183 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 222 (C2) HDA temperature 108 100 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 198 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 198 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 198 0	40.7% Average	Read 71.6 Write 70.5 Mixed 36.3 44% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.21 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.12 28% 0.21 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 58%
SanDisk Cruzer Pop 8GB 529 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 3GB free, PID 5577 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	6.45% Terrible	Read 20.4 Write 3.03 Mixed 5.09 9% 9.49 MB/s	4K Read 4.83 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 1.13 75% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.45% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 8.2 24% 8.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 8.8 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 54%

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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	101x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	83x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	47x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
R9 270XAMD $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples	19x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16