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 (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.2% 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	87.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (36%). 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	21.6 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 15:19
Run Duration	391 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 62.9 2-Core 121 56% 89.7 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 398 37% 307 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.5% 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 112 Parallax 106 86% 108 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 99.2 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.2% 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 (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3061713 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 137258564849226 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1486 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 131 (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 3061713 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3061713 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3061713 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2006 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2214 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2214 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2472	44.6% Average	Read 437 Write 71.8 Mixed 130 46% 213 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 48.1 4K Mixed 10.3 73% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 51.3 DQ Mixed 28.6 24% 34.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.6% 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 (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2456 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 667 (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 100 100 142 (C2) HDA temperature 69 42 249109151775	48.7% Average	Read 489 Write 179 Mixed 163 60% 277 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 20 4K Mixed 7.18 51% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 52.8 DQ Mixed 28.5 35% 62.7 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.7% 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 (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 470 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 127 (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 66 56 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1938868052	87.9% Excellent	Read 487 Write 387 Mixed 402 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 34.6 130% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 97.9 DQ Mixed 25.2 43% 83.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 811GB free Firmware: 0707 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 30.9 Write 29.7 Mixed 27.7 22% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.45 111% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.5% 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 (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226387454 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2195 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 13071333397 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9794 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2130 (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 63 48 639959077 (C2) HDA temperature 37 52 47244640293 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 25 226387454 (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 -52866752431051 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3457802210 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1821501133	51.9% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 92.4 Mixed 73.1 63% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.41 95% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.9% 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)	4% Terrible	Read 15.3 Write 6.44 Mixed 6.86 10% 9.52 MB/s	4K Read 1.51 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.006 6% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4% 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 (43^rd percentile)	45.7% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 15.9 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.8 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 64%

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Gaming 34%

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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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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