MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 60.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.8% 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	34.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 13:21
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 63.6 2-Core 113 55% 86.6 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 287 31% 247 Pts	64-Core 274 17% 274 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gainward(10B0 1401) 2GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.8% Poor	Lighting 31.3 Reflection 46.2 Parallax 41.1 26% 39.5 fps	MRender 40.7 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 37.3 32% 39.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 32GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11274 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 736 (B1) Unknown 91 91 107 (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 71 42 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 130 (EB) Unknown 99 99 293 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12757968883	59.4% Above average	Read 370 Write 220 Mixed 224 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 17.9 98% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 38.8 DQ Write 70 DQ Mixed 18.5 24% 42.4 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 108%
Transcend SSD320 128GB-$92 1,687 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5272281 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 84155589208195 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 718 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 321 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 85 64430080032 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5272281 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5272281 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5272281 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11452 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9638 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9638 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6182	34.8% Below average	Read 149 Write 96.4 Mixed 105 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 7.65 72% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 88.2 DQ Mixed 6.84 20% 39.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 62%
WD WD2000JD-00HBB0 200GB 2,211 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 99GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 117 4458 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5085 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 44210 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 797 (C2) HDA temperature 127 95 23 (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 200 253 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	23.5% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 42.4 Mixed 39.8 30% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.3 71% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 32%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 43GB free Firmware: CR100-13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7552 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9435 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13520 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2584 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 138176 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 15 (BE) vendor-specific 78 47 22 (C2) HDA temperature 166 76 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 138176 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 6	33.9% Below average	Read 56.1 Write 62.2 Mixed 36.3 38% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.27 53% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 800, 800, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.4% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 8.3 25% 8.63 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 8.8 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 77%

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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