MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 48.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	10.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	16.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131008
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '20 at 03:59
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 X3 700e 43 User benchmarks, average bench 47% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	48.7% Average	Memory 79.9 1-Core 34.9 2-Core 71.1 43% 62 Pts	4-Core 104 8-Core 105 14% 104 Pts	64-Core 104 6% 104 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Gigabyte(1458 2543) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Lighting 13.8 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 11.7 11% 11.9 fps	MRender 9.33 Gravity 10.4 Splatting 11.5 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 43 51 79 76 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 63.2 Write 94 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 61.9 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.1 181% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 56%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB-$59 15,217 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 245GB free Firmware: PB3OC64G SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 67 67 67 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 65 Write 53.7 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 66 40% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 42%
USB Flash Disk 4GB 2,580 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 5.3 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	5.91% Terrible	Read 22.6 Write 3.5 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 5.6 10% 9.3 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.91% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C10-8GAO 991995 (996995) F3-1600C10-8GAO 20GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 667, 800, 667 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.7% Poor	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 8.6 27% 9.33 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 6.3 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 32%

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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	101x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	83x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	48x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
R9 270XAMD $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples	19x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16