MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55% 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	64.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 03:35
Run Duration	323 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 77.4 2-Core 148 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 399 41% 329 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55% Above average	Lighting 69.4 Reflection 69.6 Parallax 61.3 57% 66.8 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 56.3 52% 64.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 878GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 18 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 64 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 53 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 154777389	64.9% Good	Read 397 Write 332 Mixed 312 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 20.5 89% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33.9 DQ Write 55.2 DQ Mixed 19.5 22% 36.2 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 133%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 77 202753487 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 62 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1396946 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 122243359178790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 589430819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 255 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 85899345955 (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 -46935402610678 (F1) Unknown 100 253 353054143 (F2) Unknown 100 253 99564810	99.2% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 163 Mixed 142 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.25 87% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 200GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 12192 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2068 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 145627864 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8119 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1422 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 70 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 61 50 656801831 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2404 (C2) HDA temperature 39 50 73014444071 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 8 12192 (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 78116865187822 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2921139192 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3226901740	39.4% Below average	Read 64.7 Write 72.6 Mixed 35.1 42% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.4 82% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 75%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 2,304 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 762GB free, PID 0210 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	27.5% Poor	Read 78.4 Write 69.2 Mixed 26.5 69% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.2 19% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 49%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 252GB 460 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 235GB free, PID 5595 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	8.3% Terrible	Read 29.5 Write 6.03 Mixed 10.4 15% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.81 4K Write 0.51 4K Mixed 1.18 75% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 8.3% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 667, 533, 667, 533 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.7% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.5 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 5.5 15% 5.37 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 72%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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