MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 53.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	13.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7974
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '19 at 23:48
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Memory 79.4 1-Core 28.1 2-Core 84.5 42% 64 Pts	4-Core 152 8-Core 189 22% 170 Pts	64-Core 189 12% 189 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E174) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Lighting 17.2 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 14.5 14% 15 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 17.3 11% 13.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 696GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 158 155 168 164 162 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 147 Write 131 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 159 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 109%
Samsung SP2004C 200GB-$46 4,063 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 186GB free Firmware: VM100-41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 54 55 54 55 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 57.5 Write 48.7 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 54.1 37% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Performance DDR3 1333 C9 4x2GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	42.1% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 15.3 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 11.3 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 53%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $248

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16