MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 50.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	59.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130204
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '18 at 23:53
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 630 7,197 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Memory 72.8 1-Core 41 2-Core 83.1 43% 65.6 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 161 22% 163 Pts	64-Core 162 10% 162 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Lighting 74.5 Reflection 74.8 Parallax 71.8 61% 73.7 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 70.1 Splatting 71.8 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 160GB free Firmware: SBFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 63 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 83 83 297 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 139	46% Average	Read 314 Write 156 Mixed 271 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 33.3 4K Mixed 11.3 75% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33.4 DQ Write 69.9 DQ Mixed 13.4 21% 38.9 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 95%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 22121824 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 125069447665008 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2071 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 192 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22121824 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22121824 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22121824 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7030 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8500 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8500 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9006	35.9% Below average	Read 146 Write 124 Mixed 124 29% 132 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 9.57 69% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 21.6 DQ Write 95.9 DQ Mixed 8.55 21% 42 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 61%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 110 107 7466 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3655 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 5 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3256 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 251 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 360287 (C2) HDA temperature 108 100 39 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	55.7% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 97.5 Mixed 25.8 53% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.28 78% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.5% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 11.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8.8 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 95 42% 95 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

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 $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