MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	55.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131008
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '16 at 02:51
Run Duration	1424 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$153 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 58.4 2-Core 115 53% 84.5 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 340 34% 278 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3547 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 324 (B1) Unknown 97 97 44 (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 59 50 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10870844228	55.5% Above average	Read 286 Write 292 Mixed 234 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 17.4 82% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 31.9 DQ Write 52.2 DQ Mixed 17.8 20% 34 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 827GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 233337848 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2401 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 115795245 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7903 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 834 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 605290530 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13075 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 68719476770 (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 8233452311880 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13525600508 (F2) Unknown 100 253 196486941107	104% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 176 Mixed 106 116% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.24 100% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
General UDisk0410 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 15GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	0.42% Terrible	Read 0.93 Write 0.67 Mixed 0.64 1% 0.75 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.001 2% 0.19 MB/s
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.42% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.7% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.5 27% 9.47 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.4 22% 7.6 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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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	102x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	83x
FX-8320AMD $153Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	48x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	22x
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 $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	46x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	40x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	16x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $376

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