MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7974
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974) (all builds)
Memory	30.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '16 at 22:59
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 73.3 2-Core 146 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 437 45% 364 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 2400-PRO 2,899 User benchmarks, average bench 1% PwrHis(1787 2274) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	0.53% Terrible	Lighting 0.6 Reflection 1.35 Parallax 0.22 0% 0.72 fps	MRender 0.86 Gravity 0.13 Splatting 1.09 1% 0.69 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.53% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blaze 120GB-$30 2,058 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 27 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65536 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 52443	52.3% Above average	Read 439 Write 163 Mixed 232 61% 278 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 4.21 74% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 87.9 DQ Mixed 6.84 30% 68.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 66%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 144 6925 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 96 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 392204 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 37 (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	62.4% Good	Read 111 Write 107 Mixed 103 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.27 108% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 4x8GB 823 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.5% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 63%

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Typical 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974) Builds (Compare 198 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 33%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	5x
MX500 500GBCrucial $45Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16