MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.3% 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	88.7% 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	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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '17 at 17:25
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 72.3 2-Core 137 62% 99.3 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 445 43% 352 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Asus(1043 83F6) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	34.3% Below average	Lighting 41.4 Reflection 37.3 Parallax 49.2 34% 42.6 fps	MRender 50.2 Gravity 47 Splatting 35.3 35% 44.2 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 99 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21267 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 254 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 268 (AE) Unknown 100 100 212 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 61 167504642080 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 111219366908 (F7) Unknown 100 100 3494099608 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1203109743	88.7% Excellent	Read 498 Write 442 Mixed 453 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 30.4 115% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 43.6 60% 110 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65783816 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 42981965492 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26589 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 88 88 13115 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 79 79 21 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 504692764 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 523 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20195 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 51539607580 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -43164421306161 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32305229637 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18891309691	89.7% Excellent	Read 162 Write 151 Mixed 140 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.33 97% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 462GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 178148728 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4884 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19618725 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28128 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 281 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 47 504758301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 21 21 158678 (C2) HDA temperature 29 53 47244640285 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -78765405232866 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24317767864 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16049037232	85.4% Excellent	Read 160 Write 138 Mixed 119 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.27 69% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 113%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 267GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2258 (03) Spinup time 107 103 7616 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7945 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7748 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 511 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 364546 (C2) HDA temperature 115 97 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 587 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.9% Below average	Read 74.3 Write 60.9 Mixed 67.4 51% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 57%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 116GB free Firmware: 1AG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 50.6 Write 56.5 Mixed 51.3 40% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.28 77% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 59%
Maxtor 3200 500GB 223 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 163GB free, PID 3200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 35.3 Write 35.6 Mixed 12.2 33% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.36 52% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 16%
Generic- SD/MMC 16GB 639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 9GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 31.1 Write 30.1 Mixed 30.5 39% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.08 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 1.71 158% 3.05 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.9% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 15.5 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 10.8 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 62%

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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 $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	47x

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 $51Bench 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

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $376

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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