MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	48.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 10 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131008
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 05:30
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 640-$70 18,839 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	49.8% Average	Memory 69.4 1-Core 51.7 2-Core 105 47% 75.5 Pts	4-Core 173 8-Core 193 24% 183 Pts	64-Core 205 13% 205 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 100 1079 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1120 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1637 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1690 (A9) Unknown 100 100 12 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1662 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 219043332135 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 55 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 174871 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4170 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4815	48.4% Average	Read 338 Write 322 Mixed 337 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 3.12 45% 16.8 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 2.99 20% 44.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 753GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 345 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3665 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1775 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 153 153 143122 (C2) HDA temperature 107 97 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 98 98 1903 (F1) Unknown 200 200 18849418797 (F2) Unknown 200 200 32042193055	87.6% Excellent	Read 154 Write 151 Mixed 131 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.24 121% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3120026AS 120GB-$24 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 112GB free Firmware: 3.42 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 52 46 186695585 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 606 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 897126786 (09) Power-on hours count 21 21 69949 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 490 (C2) HDA temperature 38 54 51539607590 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 46 186695585 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 101 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	31.6% Below average	Read 53.7 Write 56.2 Mixed 30.9 35% 47 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.33 82% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-074.A00LF 99U5403-074.A00LF 99U5474-004.A00LF 9905474-004.A00LF 10GB 667, 667, 533, 533 MHz 4096, 4096, 1024, 1024 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23.6% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 7.9 22% 7.77 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 6.9 19% 6.67 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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