MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 57.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '21 at 22:10
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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 as expected (57^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Memory 79.6 1-Core 52.4 2-Core 106 50% 79.4 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 210 28% 210 Pts	64-Core 211 13% 211 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3730) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 120 Parallax 139 112% 132 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 133 Splatting 111 113% 142 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.06A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 123 142 140 146 137 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 171 Mixed 120 SusWrite 133 115% 156 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.2 304% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 117%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 428GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 149 160 157 160 160 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 168 Mixed 113 SusWrite 155 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.6 344% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 3x4GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27% Poor	MC Read 11 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 8.5 25% 8.87 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 7.5 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 84%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) - $88

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	102x
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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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