MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 7% 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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.98% 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	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

System	MSI MS-7974
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 05 '18 at 13:32
Run Duration	359 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 86.1 1-Core 65.3 2-Core 118 57% 89.8 Pts	4-Core 181 8-Core 189 24% 185 Pts	64-Core 191 12% 191 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 250 5,461 User benchmarks, average bench 9% XFX(1682 7250) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	6.98% Terrible	Lighting 8.6 Reflection 9.77 Parallax 12.4 7% 10.2 fps	MRender 7.19 Gravity 8.73 Splatting 9.09 7% 8.34 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 6.98% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11148 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 978 (B1) Unknown 86 86 68 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 38 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 97 97 2312 (EB) Unknown 99 99 215 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34707191144	64.1% Good	Read 448 Write 250 Mixed 176 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 19.1 89% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 57.5 DQ Mixed 35.8 43% 77 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 123%
ACSC2M128mSA 127GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 65GB free Firmware: P0316B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 123 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 950 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 71 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1 (A4) Unknown 100 100 45428 (A5) Unknown 100 100 69 (A6) Unknown 100 100 19 (A7) Unknown 100 100 44 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 293 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 126278 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 31 (F1) Unknown 100 100 55932 (F2) Unknown 100 100 59749 (F5) Unknown 100 100 157635	42.2% Average	Read 461 Write 163 Mixed 96 52% 240 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 16.9 4K Mixed 2.97 41% 12.8 MB/s	DQ Read 96.9 DQ Write 18 DQ Mixed 12.1 20% 42.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 58%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 295GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897091769 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 338 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5182 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 330 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 395 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 395 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 188979478559 (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	78.9% Very good	Read 140 Write 135 Mixed 5.97 67% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.2 82% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 107%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 217GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9305 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7925 (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 37933 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3502 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 188979413023 (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 86 86 7903 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 18202 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8272	74.5% Very good	Read 111 Write 148 Mixed 79.8 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.5 125% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 75%
ASMT 2105 2TB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 424GB free, PID 5136 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 78.1 Write 83 Mixed 73 101% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.38 61% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 75%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 307 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 213GB free, PID 3322 Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 142 Write 116 Mixed 72.7 132% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.15 53% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 73%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 9GB free, PID 1666 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 132 Write 7.54 Mixed 12.1 40% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.04 47% 4 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida Kingston 8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 10.2 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 55%

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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