MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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	113% 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	33.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131008
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 19:59
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 74.3 2-Core 141 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 399 41% 329 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 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 190 Parallax 175 119% 170 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 171 Splatting 117 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM810 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,365 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM06D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19788 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1491 (AF) Unknown 99 99 1 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 92 92 213 (B2) Unknown 75 75 492 (B3) Unknown 77 77 924 (B4) Unknown 77 77 3108 (B5) Unknown 99 99 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 75 75 1524 (F1) Unknown 28 28 3094778910 (F2) Unknown 24 24 3266072125	33.4% Below average	Read 221 Write 199 Mixed 126 40% 182 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 18.3 4K Mixed 6.07 40% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 13.5 DQ Write 21.3 DQ Mixed 7.27 8% 14 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 50%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 535GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 33469408 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3097 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23053611 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10915 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 539 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 43 30485577753 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55606 (C2) HDA temperature 25 57 21474836505 (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 99273874083120 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6341074434 (F2) Unknown 100 253 227307184649	91.5% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 154 Mixed 101 104% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.18 86% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 112%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB 3,701 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 799GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	28.5% Poor	Read 81.3 Write 70.9 Mixed 37.9 76% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.18 21% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL10-8GBXL F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 16GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 667, 667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	45.1% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 45%

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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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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