MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.7% 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	56.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131008
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '16 at 01:01
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	64% Good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 80.5 2-Core 145 61% 102 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 462 44% 361 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7790 8,590 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 0456) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1201.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 26.2 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 30.8 21% 28.8 fps	MRender 23.7 Gravity 23.2 Splatting 32.2 22% 26.4 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1211 480GB SSD 754D117-514 344 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 348GB free Firmware: CS121101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 5 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 205 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 82 (E7) Temperature 100 100 29 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1 (F1) Unknown 0 0 506 (F2) Unknown 0 0 133	59.5% Above average	Read 289 Write 315 Mixed 244 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 16.3 89% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 85.9 DQ Mixed 17.9 25% 43.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 102%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 21 100 21 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 47 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 266287972388 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1366 (F1) Unknown 253 253 843 (F2) Unknown 253 253 335	56.2% Above average	Read 372 Write 313 Mixed 289 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 2.3 73% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 3.82 18% 38.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 86%
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 53GB free Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1353 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 181 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C2) HDA temperature 74 55 193274380314 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	66.3% Good	Read 358 Write 377 Mixed 346 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 20.6 87% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.5 DQ Write 88.6 DQ Mixed 23.1 28% 46.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA1339.C16 4x8GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.7% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 52%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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