MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131008
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '18 at 16:33
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 70.3 2-Core 141 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 432 42% 343 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 71.2 68% 78.9 fps	MRender 73.3 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 77.7 62% 75.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6154 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2469 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6594 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 697 (C2) HDA temperature 69 52 206159609887	45.3% Average	Read 449 Write 129 Mixed 229 59% 269 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 31.2 4K Mixed 5.74 55% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 31.4 DQ Mixed 22.6 34% 67.6 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 370GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 75739660 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3820 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 80635794 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7465 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3148 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 58 437518362 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4676 (C2) HDA temperature 26 15 64424509466 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 75739660 (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 71854802867420 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18613149445 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31471101617	62.4% Good	Read 136 Write 81.5 Mixed 67.8 71% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.27 57% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT4G3D1869DT2TXOB Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX BLT4G3D1869DT2TXOB 16GB 933, 933, 933 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.9% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 7.9 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns

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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	100x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	82x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	47x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	27x
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 $80Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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