MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.9% 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	56.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 14 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	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '17 at 11:02
Run Duration	363 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63% Good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 68.1 2-Core 122 59% 92.9 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 268 30% 239 Pts	64-Core 281 17% 281 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 3208) CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Lighting 38.1 Reflection 34.3 Parallax 31 31% 34.5 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 32.6 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 392 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 80 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1248079421	56.9% Above average	Read 452 Write 251 Mixed 258 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 30.2 4K Mixed 11.3 76% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 33.1 DQ Mixed 11.4 14% 25.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 110%
Samsung HD403LJ 400GB-$183 4,107 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 58GB free Firmware: CT100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7296 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10199 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24297 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5126 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 2391396 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 721090 (BC) Unknown 100 100 69 (BE) vendor-specific 75 49 25 (C2) HDA temperature 151 76 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2391396 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 95 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 6	37.2% Below average	Read 52 Write 77.7 Mixed 58 47% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.28 72% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 42%
Samsung HD251HJ 250GB-$39 2,756 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 11GB free Firmware: 1AC01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 94 94 2790 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 3692 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12799 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2317 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 55 302907410 (C2) HDA temperature 75 52 420347929 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 20601 (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 99 57 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	42.7% Average	Read 73.5 Write 74.9 Mixed 67.8 54% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.37 99% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 53%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 500GB 659 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 18GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 94.7 Write 69.4 Mixed 82.2 102% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.19 55% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 44%
Generic USB SD Reader 8GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 6377 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	5.65% Terrible	Read 14.2 Write 5.45 Mixed 7.51 10% 9.04 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.23 36% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.65% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-1600 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 8GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	45.6% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 15.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.2 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 45%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical 970A-G46 (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 438 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 27%

Raft

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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