MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 25% Surfboard	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


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 extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 18.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	3.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (83%). 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	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 21:42
Run Duration	320 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	83%

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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Memory 9.96 1-Core 56.8 2-Core 114 29% 60.2 Pts	4-Core 140 8-Core 221 22% 181 Pts	64-Core 210 13% 210 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.85% Terrible	Lighting 4.53 Reflection 4.42 Parallax 4.44 4% 4.46 fps	MRender 4.62 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 177 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1298 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 406 (64) Unknown 100 100 2359168 (65) Unknown 100 100 359488 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 695 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1383 (B7) Unknown 99 99 8 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 100 128849739801 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 177 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 177 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4131 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2054 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3097 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4138 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 177	45.3% Average	Read 433 Write 230 Mixed 246 67% 303 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 17.4 4K Mixed 4.8 35% 11.7 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 63.8 DQ Mixed 24.9 36% 68.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 398GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 63 27288076 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 183 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2416422 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 580 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 163 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 72 420413464 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 183 (C2) HDA temperature 24 8 34359738392 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 27288076 (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 -44869523340738 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1095488233 (F2) Unknown 100 253 828960582	104% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 179 Mixed 161 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.27 83% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
Kingston DataTraveler 112 8GB 233 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 6GB free, PID 162a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	5.37% Terrible	Read 14.6 Write 4.28 Mixed 6.36 9% 8.42 MB/s	4K Read 3.87 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.48 46% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.37% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	19.4% Very poor	MC Read 6 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 8.1 22% 7.63 GB/s	SC Read 3.3 SC Write 3.3 SC Mixed 2.8 9% 3.13 GB/s	Latency 404 10% 404 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 19.4% 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 $76Bench 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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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