MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 53.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	31.7% 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	64.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7974
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '17 at 15:55
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	OMN-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Memory 74.7 1-Core 66.8 2-Core 127 54% 89.5 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 206 26% 197 Pts	64-Core 243 15% 243 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.7% Below average	Lighting 41.1 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 34.6 34% 34.3 fps	MRender 34.8 Gravity 37.9 Splatting 31.4 28% 34.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 100 1121 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 666 (A6) Unknown 100 100 165 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 216 (A9) Unknown 100 100 22 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 206 (AE) Unknown 100 100 219 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 100 257698037805 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5940 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 22248 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11178 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7408	64.6% Good	Read 366 Write 400 Mixed 408 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 5.52 70% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 28.6 51% 101 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 152GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 196846099 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1595 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 65476131 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5618 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 621 (B7) Unknown 82 82 18 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 4295032866 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 58 588906531 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1674 (C2) HDA temperature 35 17 73014444067 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 196846099 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 35 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 89945205118072 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19785424282 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41515725033	67.8% Good	Read 119 Write 117 Mixed 106 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.3 85% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 4x4GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.1% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 14 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 10.8 24% 8.5 GB/s	Latency 90.9 44% 90.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 33%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	56x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	46x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	31x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	15x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	13x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	10x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	14x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	5x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	5x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $248

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16