MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.35% 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	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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	18.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131008
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '19 at 01:05
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	53.2% Above average	Memory 80.5 1-Core 37.5 2-Core 88.7 45% 68.9 Pts	4-Core 144 8-Core 200 22% 172 Pts	64-Core 223 14% 223 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PowerColor(148C 2374) CLim: 1212 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	7.35% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 33.5 0% 21.5 fps	MRender 16.3 Gravity 24.5 Splatting 34.2 22% 25 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 7.35% Great: 22%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 588GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 75 78 78 75 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 105 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 78.1 70% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.2 98% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 1866 CL10 Series 1866 CL10 Series BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 800, 800, 800, 667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	41% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 14.6 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 9.4 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 44%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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) $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