MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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	27.6% 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	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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130204
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '18 at 04:34
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	67% Good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 74.5 2-Core 142 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 383 40% 321 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 3769) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Lighting 32.1 Reflection 29.6 Parallax 42.1 26% 34.6 fps	MRender 40.6 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 33.1 30% 37.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: CA14 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2407481 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 329 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 3810 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 127 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 158 (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 70 60 504758302 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 77309411358 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2407481 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	61.1% Good	Read 109 Write 104 Mixed 102 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.48 107% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 61%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 432GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 193 189 3308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 198 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 197 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 38 (C2) HDA temperature 107 95 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 193 158 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	49.1% Average	Read 86.1 Write 85.1 Mixed 34.6 50% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.28 66% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. Kingston 9905403-558.A00LF BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 24GB 667, 667, 667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.1% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 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 $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