MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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.

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System	MSI MS-7974
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 26 '18 at 10:06
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 71.5 2-Core 128 60% 95.9 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 286 32% 251 Pts	64-Core 292 18% 292 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 75.1 64% 76.9 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 73.8 59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 446GB free Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st 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 72 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1306 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 69 (A3) Unknown 100 100 9 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10146 (A5) Unknown 100 100 59 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (94) Unknown 100 100 4931 (95) Unknown 100 100 254 (96) Unknown 100 100 16 (97) Unknown 100 100 159 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 49 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 75471 (F2) Unknown 100 100 64812 (F5) Unknown 100 100 324672	53.1% Above average	Read 488 Write 312 Mixed 337 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 0.86 50% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 19.1 DQ Write 29.9 DQ Mixed 0.87 7% 16.6 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 28844848 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2650 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 94305601 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2847 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2387 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032837 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 47 5186388012 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 271 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5677 (C2) HDA temperature 44 53 -140737488355284 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 3547160 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 106867376261798 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24307698986 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37376771816	99.4% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 173 Mixed 157 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.27 94% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 112%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 7GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 93 93 3120 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4211 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 2 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10234 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7297 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3554 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 3674 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 572194850 (C2) HDA temperature 61 53 689635367 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 441239 (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 99 1 18586 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 9 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	55.3% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 100 Mixed 97.4 73% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.41 97% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMY8GX3M2A2133C11 CMY8GX3M2A2133C11 Kingston 99U5471-002.A00LF Kingston 99U5471-002.A00LF 12GB 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.5% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 11.1 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 10.7 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns

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Gaming 33%

Sail boat

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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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $205

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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