MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.5%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	71.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 8 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 21:53
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD FX-8150-$183 7,724 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	SC Int 73.3 SC Float 67.3 SC Mixed 70.4 56% 70.3 Pts	QC Int 286 QC Float 253 QC Mixed 271 61% 270 Pts	MC Int 467 MC Float 419 MC Mixed 470 68% 452 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$230 82,904 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Gigabyte(1458 3722) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Lighting 222 Reflection 188 Parallax 204 66% 204 fps	MRender 155 Gravity 210 Splatting 163 76% 176 fps
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 184GB free Firmware: UF3000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (A5) Unknown 100 100 11 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 155 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 61 261994184742 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12886212611 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 34 (EA) Unknown 100 100 81 (F1) Unknown 100 100 38 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	35% Below average	Read 296 Write 200 Mixed 190 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 10.5 4K Mixed 6.37 35% 10.2 MB/s	DQ Read 17.1 DQ Write 19.9 DQ Mixed 6.37 8% 14.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 61%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$89 45,618 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 931GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 12 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 72 69 8701 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3358 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6218 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3368 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 41 257698693154 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 140 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 3 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3465	67% Good	Read 105 Write 128 Mixed 109 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.61 149% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 83%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$12 4,354 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 19GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 30.2 Write 8.37 Mixed 13.3 18% 17.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.98 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.68 71% 1.58 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 32,352 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 18.1 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 13.4 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 50%

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Gaming 35%

Jet ski

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) - $88

CPU
FX-6300AMD $72Bench 48%, 85,082 samples	934x
FX-8350AMD $109Bench 57%, 115,734 samples	742x
FX-8320AMD $106Bench 51%, 45,938 samples	519x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $200Bench 40%, 123,465 samples	224x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 246,752 samples	209x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 72%, 246,054 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $90Bench 94%, 282,195 samples	172x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $65Bench 47%, 117,422 samples	166x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 187,338 samples	85x

RAM
8GBUnknownBench 36%, 32,352 samples	356x
16GBUnknownBench 42%, 16,074 samples	252x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 26,558 samples	95x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $449

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $90
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $290	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $176	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $193	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $18