MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7974
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 22:23
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 80.3 2-Core 155 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 506 47% 393 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Sapphire(174B E349) CLim: 1340 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Lighting 60.5 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 76.8 49% 69.1 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 56.3 Splatting 59.2 50% 62.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9392149 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -74594991992090 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1379 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 164 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 42 55 21478441002 (C2) HDA temperature 42 55 21478441002 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9392149 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9392149 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9392149 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8500 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6494 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6494 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15538	60.3% Good	Read 417 Write 199 Mixed 235 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 15.2 90% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 85 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 37.1 51% 91 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 738GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 895 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3766 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 843 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 896 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 896 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 193274445863 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	89% Excellent	Read 168 Write 142 Mixed 150 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.19 83% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.2% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 17.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.9 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 79%

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Gaming 33%

Sail boat

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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