MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131008
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '17 at 20:38
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 74.2 2-Core 136 64% 101 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 462 43% 360 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 113 Parallax 102 88% 108 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 88.4 77% 94.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 111892342 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3622779 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 42855183680483 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 64 605093922 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 135 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 73014444066 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 64 111892342 (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 -22484153793565 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1272300869 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1282642260 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	67.4% Good	Read 119 Write 114 Mixed 51.7 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 5.68 4K Mixed 0.46 198% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 63%
Toshiba DT01ABA200V 2TB 2,433 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1.5TB free Firmware: MZ4OABC0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 130 130 21492400397 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1138 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 257 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1138 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 249108955168 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	58% Above average	Read 98 Write 104 Mixed 54.3 63% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.17 55% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 700GB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44083416 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2469 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 444297576 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 34077 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1867 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1107631914 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032836 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 655556644 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 328 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 343129 (C2) HDA temperature 36 43 55834574884 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 171 Mixed 106 113% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.35 109% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: CA14 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 215526136 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15501 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 4899117783 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34846 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 595 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032840 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 537985055 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 51539607583 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 44 215526136 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	48% Average	Read 85.6 Write 81.6 Mixed 82.8 63% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.31 74% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 151GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 204503496 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 918 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 79381282 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 919 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 554762272 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 53718 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 51539607584 (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 -109087874338965 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25046431609 (F2) Unknown 100 253 56013585121	79% Very good	Read 148 Write 127 Mixed 92 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.13 60% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.3% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 14.9 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.3% 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 $57Bench 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) $35	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