MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.93% 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	63.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7974
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '17 at 14:40
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 82.1 1-Core 45.3 2-Core 91.6 48% 73 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 180 24% 180 Pts	64-Core 180 11% 180 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250E 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B E213) 1GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	8.93% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 13.3 8% 12.3 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 9.07 Splatting 16.1 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.93% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 27 100 27 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 263 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 55 (A9) Unknown 100 100 20 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 36 (AE) Unknown 100 100 49 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 231928234021 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5712 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2456 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2466	63.6% Good	Read 475 Write 345 Mixed 398 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 3.94 56% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 25.9 61% 128 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 560GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897091770 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4187 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6786 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 674 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4189 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 214749282341 (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	77.7% Very good	Read 147 Write 124 Mixed 120 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.22 63% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 107%
I-O DATA HDCR-U 1TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 275GB free, PID 012e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 28.5 Write 29.1 Mixed 28.1 37% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.28 60% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2X4G64CB88D9N-DG 4x4GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.8% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 11.7 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 8.3 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 89%

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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 $49Bench 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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Total price: $205

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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