MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 51.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	10.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	39% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '18 at 03:52
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.15 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Memory 84.7 1-Core 38.6 2-Core 65.2 44% 62.8 Pts	4-Core 104 8-Core 114 14% 109 Pts	64-Core 112 7% 112 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 1556) 1GB CLim: 951 MHz, MLim: 1089 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 13.4 Parallax 9.81 9% 11.6 fps	MRender 16.1 Gravity 12 Splatting 15.7 12% 14.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 141 120 138 131 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 298 Write 146 Mixed 180 SusWrite 127 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 15.4 4K Mixed 18.2 58% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26.4 DQ Write 18.1 DQ Mixed 22.9 17% 22.5 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 90%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 91GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 57 57 58 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 93.7 Write 97.2 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 57.7 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 67%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 5TB 546 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 109GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 22.7 Write 24.5 Mixed 23.7 SusWrite 24.5 18% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 0.5 207% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown EWB4GB681CA3-16IC Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.7% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 9.2 25% 8.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 7.4 19% 6.67 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 34%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $38Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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