MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 60.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.8% 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	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7974
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974) (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '18 at 06:17
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th 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 960T-$469 4,461 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 49.5 2-Core 99.5 52% 79 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 198 26% 198 Pts	64-Core 201 12% 201 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% PNY(196E 113A) 2GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 45.5 Parallax 41 39% 44.7 fps	MRender 41.8 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 37.2 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 364GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1177 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 353 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 72 63 158914969628 (F1) Unknown 100 100 51953	64.1% Good	Read 504 Write 328 Mixed 341 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 9.4 66% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 46.1 DQ Mixed 12.5 35% 79 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 101%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 792GB free Firmware: 07.00K07 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6225 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3716 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2219 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 653 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3715 (C2) HDA temperature 118 89 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 55000679 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.4% Good	Read 112 Write 101 Mixed 97.7 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.43 123% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 76%
Maxtor STM3500630AS 500GB-$80 1,461 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 440GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 83 178417724 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7123 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 53 1593854608741 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10428 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5417 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 30 572588065 (C2) HDA temperature 33 70 64424509473 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 57 199877786 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 4294967288 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 4294967288 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	43.7% Average	Read 76.7 Write 75.3 Mixed 71.3 56% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.41 98% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series Corsair CML16GX3M2A1600C10 1600 CL10 Series Corsair CML16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 13.1 34% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 9.6 23% 7.9 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

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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 $57Bench 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 $48Bench 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: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $215

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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