MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 62.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	26.6% 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	34.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (96%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7974
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	11.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '20 at 17:06
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	96%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 57.6 2-Core 123 56% 89.7 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 206 28% 209 Pts	64-Core 266 16% 266 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Sapphire(174B E353) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1275 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.6% Poor	Lighting 19 Reflection 22.9 Parallax 83.7 16% 41.8 fps	MRender 65.4 Gravity 59.3 Splatting 54.4 48% 59.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 162 21 83 42 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 490 Write 421 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 82.6 55% 252 MB/s	4K Read 9.2 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 10.6 30% 8.07 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 669GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 154 150 150 154 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 73.2 Mixed 95.1 SusWrite 151 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 800, 667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.6% Poor	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 9.1 27% 9.57 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 8.5 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 35%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $44Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16