MSI 970A-G45 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G45 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '20 at 01:01
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (45^th 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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 78.1 1-Core 75.7 2-Core 153 61% 102 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 427 44% 358 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 86.3 Parallax 153 80% 113 fps	MRender 89.2 Gravity 110 Splatting 128 91% 109 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX930 240GB-$80 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.3SE SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 307 336 337 339 332 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 399 Write 360 Mixed 329 SusWrite 326 80% 353 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 43.5 142% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 40.3 DQ Write 87.2 DQ Mixed 51.6 43% 59.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 153GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 124 124 124 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 111 Write 110 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 124 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 667, 667, 533, 533 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 10.7 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 10.1 26% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 84.2 48% 84.2 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 50%

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

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Typical 970A-G45 (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 61 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 19%

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Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 15%

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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 $44Bench 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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $149

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16