MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34% 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	65.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	17.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 19:16
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 74.5 2-Core 133 62% 99.1 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 455 43% 359 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 22C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.9.3 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34% Below average	Lighting 42.2 Reflection 50.5 Parallax 52 34% 48.2 fps	MRender 49.9 Gravity 37.8 Splatting 36.2 33% 41.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 168 100 168 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1878 (A6) Unknown 100 100 482 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 533 (A9) Unknown 100 100 28 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 519 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 266287972386 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 59348 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3580 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3711	65.2% Good	Read 333 Write 408 Mixed 447 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 5.43 74% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 30.8 55% 109 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 78%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2810 (03) Spinup time 176 168 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1794 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4701 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1712 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 82911 (C2) HDA temperature 120 93 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 10	88.5% Excellent	Read 169 Write 139 Mixed 132 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.2 95% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 24GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.5% Average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.7 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 76%

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

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Gaming 33%

Sail boat

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 25%

Raft

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 $54Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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