MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 56.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	23.3% 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	67.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (94%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7974
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '17 at 22:09
Run Duration	320 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	94%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	56.2% Above average	Memory 80 1-Core 51.4 2-Core 102 50% 77.7 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 197 26% 193 Pts	64-Core 189 12% 189 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8383) 1.2GB CLim: 825 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	Lighting 27.7 Reflection 41.9 Parallax 35 23% 34.9 fps	MRender 40.2 Gravity 23.1 Splatting 28.7 25% 30.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2668 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 519 (B1) Unknown 95 95 24 (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 61 51 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 70 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6585934267	67.4% Good	Read 452 Write 253 Mixed 259 71% 321 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 21.2 93% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 86.9 DQ Mixed 48.6 58% 104 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 110%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 279GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 139 3766 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 223 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 223 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 170 (C2) HDA temperature 114 84 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61% Good	Read 104 Write 109 Mixed 108 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.43 102% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 69%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 121GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 178 90 (03) Spinup time 169 165 4525 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1824 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2651 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 528 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1822 (C2) HDA temperature 113 98 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 98 98 1800 (F1) Unknown 200 200 3220576214 (F2) Unknown 200 200 6040508609	53.5% Above average	Read 98 Write 88.3 Mixed 78.4 66% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.44 104% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 62%
Samsung SP1603C 160GB 334 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 50GB free Firmware: VL100-50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6016 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10201 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13690 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6786 (BB) vendor-specific 52 52 2883633 (BE) vendor-specific 145 58 31 (C2) HDA temperature 145 58 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 94447 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	26.2% Poor	Read 44.5 Write 46.6 Mixed 46.4 35% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.3 73% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 33%
Intenso Alu Line 16GB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	5.31% Terrible	Read 22 Write 5.78 Mixed 6.15 11% 11.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.57 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.006 14% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.31% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D169DS1J.8FE GR1333D364L9/4G BLS4G3D169DS1J.8FE CL11-11-11 D3-1600 16GB 800, 667, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.2% Poor	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 9.8 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 8 18% 6.37 GB/s	Latency 80.5 50% 80.5 ns

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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 $47Bench 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 $46Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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