MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	15.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	6.7 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	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 20:29
Run Duration	513 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 below expectations (13^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Memory 73.3 1-Core 55.6 2-Core 98 48% 75.6 Pts	4-Core 131 8-Core 135 18% 133 Pts	64-Core 195 12% 195 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.8% 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: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	15.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.7 Reflection 24.7 Parallax 19.5 14% 20.7 fps	MRender 26.1 Gravity 14.4 Splatting 20.7 17% 20.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 408GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8625 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 232 (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 72 42 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 12 (EB) Unknown 99 99 110 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12621875929	46.8% Average	Read 355 Write 209 Mixed 208 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 22.6 4K Mixed 10.2 62% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 32.2 DQ Write 43.6 DQ Mixed 10.7 16% 28.8 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 123%
Samsung PM800 TH 64GB 438 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 36GB free Firmware: VBM24D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 38450 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 702 (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 3733037008	24.4% Poor	Read 190 Write 84.3 Mixed 93.5 27% 123 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 8.61 4K Mixed 5.85 39% 10.7 MB/s	DQ Read 14.2 DQ Write 7.69 DQ Mixed 3.55 5% 8.47 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 29%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 13GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12018 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1554 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 66 66 1023 (AE) Unknown 100 100 553 (B5) Unknown 100 100 7735264806227 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 49 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 128 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 66 66 34 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	41.2% Average	Read 360 Write 109 Mixed 143 44% 204 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 4.64 64% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 79.4 DQ Mixed 4.56 17% 36.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 65%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 192GB 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 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 85 85 5430 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 6733 (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 17287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3469 (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 76 47 403963928 (C2) HDA temperature 76 43 13305249816 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 215282 (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	48.1% Average	Read 82.9 Write 84.4 Mixed 31.8 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.46 118% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 63%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 113GB 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 76 76 8060 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7199 (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 43917 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3195 (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 77 46 387186711 (C2) HDA temperature 77 43 73434791959 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 100940 (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	47.8% Average	Read 96.1 Write 70.1 Mixed 39.6 51% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.32 95% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 62%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 751GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Read 29.1 Write 26.3 Mixed 26.9 35% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.21 22% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 45%
ST950032 5AS 500GB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 465GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 29.9 Write 27.5 Mixed 27.9 36% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.29 42% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 18%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 2,476 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 8GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	6.06% Terrible	Read 24.9 Write 3.65 Mixed 7.14 11% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.93 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.004 26% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.06% Great: 9%

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	34.3% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 12.3 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 4.9 17% 5.97 GB/s	Latency 94 42% 94 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 45%

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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	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