MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.2% 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	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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7974
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '18 at 16:24
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 75.5 2-Core 145 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 344 38% 301 Pts	64-Core 339 21% 339 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E344) CLim: 1250 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	Lighting 30.4 Reflection 32.7 Parallax 37.4 25% 33.5 fps	MRender 31.2 Gravity 28.2 Splatting 34.9 26% 31.4 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 840GB free Firmware: 2AR1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 88 3459 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 238 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 311 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 218 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197569085463 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 214 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 3 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5467	58% Above average	Read 102 Write 100 Mixed 96.1 75% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 59%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 519GB free Firmware: JP4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 128 128 125 (03) Spinup time 151 151 25786450167 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3820 (05) Reallocated sector count 37 37 1317 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13760 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2971 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3827 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3827 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 201863856156 (C4) Reallocation count 34 34 1387 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	66.8% Good	Read 121 Write 112 Mixed 103 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.34 87% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 74%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB 7,100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 220GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 154 4525 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1424 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7328 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1384 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 392 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1464 (C2) HDA temperature 119 94 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	33.5% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 54.4 Mixed 53.3 42% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.42 114% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 9905471-021.A00LF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.5% Average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.9 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 49%

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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 $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 $46Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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