MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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. 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 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	50.7% 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	42% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	22GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 22GB 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	17 GB free of 22 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121018
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 23:35
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 70.2 2-Core 132 61% 97.2 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 421 40% 331 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E283) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Lighting 61.4 Reflection 57.9 Parallax 71.4 50% 63.6 fps	MRender 57.9 Gravity 52.6 Splatting 74.8 52% 61.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL 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 0 100 4453 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 449 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4733132211357 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 17 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 87 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 24 326417514556 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1687931650441 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2406 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11148 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5338 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5282 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	42% Average	Read 375 Write 178 Mixed 22.5 41% 192 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 2.11 53% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.3 DQ Write 53.7 DQ Mixed 2.62 12% 26.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 167GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 176 5908 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3678 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20536 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1908 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 360413 (C2) HDA temperature 109 91 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.2% Good	Read 113 Write 103 Mixed 72.2 72% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.22 91% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 22GB 1,271 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.5 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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