MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.1% 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	99.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 23:23
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 76.3 2-Core 137 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 356 39% 307 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6255) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Lighting 41.3 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 39.5 34% 38 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 38.5 32% 39 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 435GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 1,369 Write 938 Mixed 1,016 246% 1,108 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 24.1 129% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 47.3 DQ Write 88.2 DQ Mixed 24.3 31% 53.3 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 254%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14300 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 206 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 88 88 388 (AE) Unknown 100 100 90 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2600 (B7) Unknown 100 100 587 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 49 219044315176 (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 100 100 70708 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 88 88 12 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 74783234671 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2338528391 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1534618977	99.8% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 368 Mixed 397 94% 425 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 45.7 172% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31.8 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 56.4 52% 76.2 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 113%
Covecube Virtual Disk 2TB 1,262 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 139 Write 133 Mixed 137 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 105%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 380GB free Firmware: MX4O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 152 152 17196056826 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1938 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2088 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2088 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 201864773665 (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	78.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 133 Mixed 140 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.18 84% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 379GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 12219736 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 714 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 135808371 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17079 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 144 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 521928735 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 110875 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 77309411359 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 11 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -10694468553843 (F1) Unknown 100 253 50476817663 (F2) Unknown 100 253 238291792014	72.9% Very good	Read 125 Write 130 Mixed 120 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 377GB free Firmware: MK7O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 90 (03) Spinup time 167 167 21499806062 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 109 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 27 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 46005 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 106 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 179 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 227634577442 (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	71.6% Very good	Read 120 Write 130 Mixed 111 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.37 105% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 312GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 86 43515542 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1618 (05) Reallocated sector count 53 53 1957 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 158959866530 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34804 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1763 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 756125338787 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 538771488 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 8589934624 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 12 43515542 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 993 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -70102456185248 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2905355580 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3103221111	62.9% Good	Read 113 Write 106 Mixed 98.5 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.52 109% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 312GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 188902584 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 622 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55817961 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30544 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 661 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 67 52 555679777 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 64424509473 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 18 188902584 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -90769838820628 (F1) Unknown 100 253 470228177 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2898953595	61.8% Good	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 102 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.47 116% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.4% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.2 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 63%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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