MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	17.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 06:44
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 79.7 1-Core 67.7 2-Core 131 57% 92.9 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 429 41% 337 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 78 Parallax 74.3 65% 77.5 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 71.2 59% 72 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 558GB free Firmware: ML6OA5C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 108 (03) Spinup time 139 139 34384773529 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3125 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 146 146 29 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3082 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2853 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3125 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 171799871513 (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	64.6% Good	Read 109 Write 117 Mixed 28.3 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.33 83% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 414GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210666267 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2589 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1776228 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1170 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2194 (B7) Unknown 88 88 12 (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 75 61 420741145 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 77309411353 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 21 210666267 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 25 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 68921340205326 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1391825472 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2198058773	41.7% Average	Read 88.2 Write 57 Mixed 14.9 39% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.28 68% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 68%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03.00C06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1133 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1671 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1179 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 580 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1090 (C2) HDA temperature 124 103 26 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 29.5 57% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.22 100% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 197GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 158368423 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6303 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28911534 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1786 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2942 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 55 403898392 (C2) HDA temperature 24 45 73014444056 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 24 158368423 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 197 680 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 72683731559102 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3645548495 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1424274710	48.7% Average	Read 85.7 Write 83.9 Mixed 55.2 56% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.43 90% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04HAAA28-15- 1866 CL9 Series 8GBH2X04HAAA28-15- 20GB 667, 800, 667 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.2% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 8 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns

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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 $175Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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