MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 61.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	40.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '18 at 07:43
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core-$81 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 73 2-Core 134 60% 97.4 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 220 30% 220 Pts	64-Core 220 14% 220 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 (SLI Disabled) 1,205 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 83A3) 1.5GB CLim: 612 MHz, MLim: 855 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Lighting 63.4 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 23.8 52% 38.8 fps	MRender 29.5 Gravity 16.4 Splatting 23.3 19% 23.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 434GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8494 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 210 (B1) Unknown 97 97 11 (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 74 42 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 12 (EB) Unknown 99 99 92 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12130323765	66.6% Good	Read 455 Write 258 Mixed 263 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 20.4 94% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 77.2 DQ Mixed 36.4 45% 81.1 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 123%
Samsung PM800 TH 64GB 438 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 31GB free Firmware: VBM24D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 38328 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 680 (AF) Unknown 98 98 1 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 86 86 796 (B2) Unknown 58 58 25 (B3) Unknown 87 87 237 (B4) Unknown 87 87 1683 (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 253 253 234 (E8) Unknown 58 58 35 (E9) Unknown 13 13 3732873233	25% Poor	Read 203 Write 63.6 Mixed 95.3 26% 121 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 8.17 4K Mixed 5.95 43% 11.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 7.5 DQ Mixed 3.27 6% 12.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 29%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 491GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 85 85 5500 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 6616 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 17216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3447 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 232 (B8) Unknown 25 25 75 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 47 319619091 (C2) HDA temperature 81 43 13254852627 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 155247 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 18642 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	57.9% Above average	Read 96.9 Write 105 Mixed 91.7 74% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.39 107% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 63%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 108GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 79 79 7260 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7077 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 43849 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3173 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 19 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 73 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 46 319619091 (C2) HDA temperature 80 43 73384394772 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 34695 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 19 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	47.7% Average	Read 94 Write 72 Mixed 88.7 64% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.33 99% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F Kingston 99U5471-025.A00LF 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.6% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 12.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 45%

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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%

Raft

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