MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 54.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11.2% 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	37.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 10 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '22 at 20:54
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Memory 78 1-Core 46.8 2-Core 93.4 47% 72.7 Pts	4-Core 177 8-Core 191 24% 184 Pts	64-Core 168 10% 168 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% PwrHis(1787 200A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 14.1 Parallax 13.5 12% 14.2 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 11.9 Splatting 9.8 9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Tcsunbow X3 60GB 291 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0830A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 29 27 24 28 29 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.3% Below average	Read 245 Write 40.9 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 28.5 18% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 14.2 84% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 28.3 DQ Mixed 0.7 8% 20.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 72%
Inateck FE202x Series 512GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 253GB free, PID 9210 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 213 208 215 231 240 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 225 Mixed 210 SusWrite 219 296% 214 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 25.1 1,818% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 37.7 DQ Mixed 31.3 2,451% 32.4 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 162%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1333KLN-4G Nanya M2Y2G64CB8HC5N-CG ST25664BA1339.8FMD Nanya M2Y2G64CB8HC5N-CG 10GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.3% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.5 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.5 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 84.4 47% 84.4 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 33%

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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	100x
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 $293	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 $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16