MSI 970A-G45 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.9% 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	90.2% 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	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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G45 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '17 at 23:39
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 66.8 2-Core 126 61% 95.6 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 431 41% 339 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 842A) 1GB CLim: 928 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Lighting 18 Reflection 16 Parallax 21.3 15% 18.4 fps	MRender 21.9 Gravity 21.4 Splatting 15.3 16% 19.5 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4153 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1054 (B1) Unknown 95 95 92 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 81 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35488996614	90.2% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 387 Mixed 402 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 36.4 132% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 63.8 69% 118 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 124%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 197GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 93 (03) Spinup time 152 152 17197170924 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5565 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3548 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5567 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5567 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 193274445858 (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	59.7% Above average	Read 106 Write 102 Mixed 100 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.25 73% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 74%
Maxtor STM31000340AS 1TB 624 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 182GB free Firmware: MX15 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 173448272 (03) Spinup time 94 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7998 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (07) Seek error rate 61 59 575710581757 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 34 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5215 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 589496355 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 51539607587 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 22 173448272 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	31.1% Below average	Read 49.4 Write 58.7 Mixed 56.5 42% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.31 86% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600ELA Series 2x4GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.9 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 62%

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Gaming 19%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G45 (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	13x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	9x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	6x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	6x

SSD
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples	3x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	3x
SKC600512G 512GBKingstonBench 109%, 5,390 samples	3x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	11x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 3,072 samples	6x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $106

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