MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 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 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	21.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131008
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 13:56
Run Duration	423 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	37%

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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-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 60.5 2-Core 116 55% 87.1 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 388 37% 307 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.3 83% 104 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 99.7 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 49GB free Firmware: 2.22 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 100 100 3225749 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -78812649877943 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1485 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 130 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3225749 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3225749 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3225749 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2004 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2212 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2212 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2471	46.7% Average	Read 429 Write 79 Mixed 124 45% 211 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 8.22 74% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 93.1 DQ Write 78.3 DQ Mixed 22.2 34% 64.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 70%
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 29GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2455 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 666 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 198 198 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 141 (C2) HDA temperature 69 42 249109151775	38.9% Below average	Read 395 Write 108 Mixed 201 51% 234 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 19.5 4K Mixed 5.97 46% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 97.7 DQ Write 58.2 DQ Mixed 33.1 37% 63 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 468 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 126 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 65 56 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1928540936	78.3% Very good	Read 471 Write 377 Mixed 399 92% 416 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 58.6 4K Mixed 20.8 112% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.3 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 51.9 47% 69.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 124%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 811GB free Firmware: 0707 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 31.1 Write 30 Mixed 26.6 22% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.46 148% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 150GB free Firmware: JC66 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 200587945 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2194 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 13071320542 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2129 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590131206 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 606273572 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 47244640292 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 25 200587945 (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 67310727478323 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3455717170 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2276514589	51% Above average	Read 87.3 Write 90.5 Mixed 63.4 60% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.4 96% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 68%
Generic Flash Disk 2GB 6,669 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.68% Terrible	Read 14.9 Write 5.38 Mixed 2.77 8% 7.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.37 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.007 6% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.68% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 3x8GB 172 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 64%

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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 $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