MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


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 59.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130716
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 01:06
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	59.4% Above average	Memory 81.9 1-Core 60.8 2-Core 121 55% 87.9 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 346 33% 273 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E241) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 44.6 30% 38.1 fps	MRender 29.2 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 38 27% 32.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17399 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 527 (B1) Unknown 97 97 48 (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 61 57 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 82 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36592451946	53.7% Above average	Read 276 Write 286 Mixed 234 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 32.5 4K Mixed 17.6 78% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 52.5 DQ Mixed 17.4 20% 33.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 124%
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 34GB free Firmware: X232201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 12941 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 970 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 153 (A9) Unknown 100 100 173 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 48 (AE) Unknown 100 100 34 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 37 158915035171 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 316 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6402 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2948 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4901 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	8.8% Terrible	Read 52.5 Write 61.2 Mixed 57.8 13% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.05 4K Write 4.54 4K Mixed 2.22 10% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 8.8% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 193GB free Firmware: HP64 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 114 99 67689882 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3926 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 21 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 90873273 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23023 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 580 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1713245369 (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 66 61 605552674 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 68719476770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 22 67689882 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 21 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	34.9% Below average	Read 63.3 Write 58.1 Mixed 27.2 36% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.21 63% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3250623A 250GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 32GB free Firmware: 3.04 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 54 53 22994534 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 18140 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 444167775 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11233 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 508 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 64424509470 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 53 22994534 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	25.8% Poor	Read 44.2 Write 45.6 Mixed 18.6 26% 36.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.27 62% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. Kingston KHX2133C11D3/8GX BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. Kingston KHX2133C11D3/8GX 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 14.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11.7 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 43%

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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