MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9.36% 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	38.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 02:39
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 975 1,372 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Memory 74.5 1-Core 33.8 2-Core 68 40% 58.8 Pts	4-Core 134 8-Core 116 17% 125 Pts	64-Core 106 7% 106 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% MSI(1462 2610) 1GB CLim: 950 MHz, MLim: 1075 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	9.36% Terrible	Lighting 10.7 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 11 9% 12.4 fps	MRender 16.5 Gravity 12 Splatting 11.3 11% 13.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.36% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 75 78 81 81 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 81.3 Write 172 Mixed 146 SusWrite 77.9 27% 119 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 24.1 91% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 22.8 DQ Write 78.5 DQ Mixed 33.4 31% 44.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 66%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 687GB free Firmware: 2AR20003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 90 91 91 90 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 96 Write 41.4 Mixed 41.1 SusWrite 86.9 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.9 128% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 308GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 80 81 81 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 85.4 Write 78.3 Mixed 59.1 SusWrite 79.2 56% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 1,941 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	28.4% Poor	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 10.1 28% 9.63 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 8.8 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 91.4 44% 91.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 54%

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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 $175Bench 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 $37Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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