MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 49.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	48.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	26GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 26GB 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.

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Run History

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	22.4 GB free of 26 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2715 x 1527 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '17 at 06:09
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 B35 354 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Memory 70.8 1-Core 42.6 2-Core 83.8 43% 65.7 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 168 22% 167 Pts	64-Core 165 10% 165 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.2% Average	Lighting 59.4 Reflection 63.3 Parallax 57 48% 59.9 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 57.2 Splatting 50.5 48% 59.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$81 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 203693920 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 35 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5349740 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 80 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 62 487981085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 36 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 90194313245 (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 -92651034509231 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3517721110 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1299256755	91.4% Outstanding	Read 145 Write 172 Mixed 62.4 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.6 193% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 110%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$23 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 8321 (03) Spinup time 144 141 3783 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1403 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2888 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1370 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1227 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 98 98 8328 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.4% Good	Read 126 Write 113 Mixed 71.6 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.39 102% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX 1600 CL9 Series 1600 CL9 Series 26GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 8192, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	22.2% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 6.8 20% 7.13 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 6.7 19% 6.5 GB/s	Latency 99.5 40% 99.5 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 31%

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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	102x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	83x
FX-8320AMD $203Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	48x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	22x
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 $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	46x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	40x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	16x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $376

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363