MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	13% 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	65.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	14.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121031
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '18 at 05:59
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 (98^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 72.8 2-Core 145 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 439 42% 347 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% EVGA(3842 1360) 768MB CLim: 720 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 768MB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Lighting 15.4 Reflection 17.9 Parallax 13.6 13% 15.6 fps	MRender 20.6 Gravity 15.6 Splatting 15.5 14% 17.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 240GB-$109 340 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 63GB free Firmware: 604ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3463255 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 3264175156191 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1160 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 12 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 45 64427458591 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 64427458591 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3463255 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3463255 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3463255 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 8589934592 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1303 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1177 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1177 (F2) Unknown 0 0 646	50.3% Above average	Read 368 Write 210 Mixed 198 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 12.1 56% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 41.4 58% 106 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 83%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22370 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1190 (B1) Unknown 90 90 120 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31660026993	65.8% Good	Read 461 Write 309 Mixed 289 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 25 4K Mixed 17.7 74% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 62.3 68% 114 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 667, 667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	51.3% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 18.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 54%

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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	99x
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	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 $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 $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