MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 8 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1776 x 1000 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131008
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '18 at 10:00
Run Duration	98 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Memory 69.2 1-Core 24.3 2-Core 46.5 34% 46.7 Pts	4-Core 82.9 8-Core 105 12% 94.1 Pts	64-Core 110 7% 110 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 185793768 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1308 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 235496481 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10962 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1299 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 61 436863002 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1974 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 21474836506 (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 86552180960043 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38748250922 (F2) Unknown 100 253 683931816092	78.3% Very good	Read 135 Write 138 Mixed 96.3 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.23 92% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 112%
ASMT 2105 500GB 869 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 213GB free, PID 5136 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 103 Write 90.9 Mixed 18.3 81% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.23 42% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 159%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-027.A00LF 2x4GB 493 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 11.3 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 7.5 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 59%

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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%

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 $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 $37Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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