MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	10.2% 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	53.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7974
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1824 x 1014 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '17 at 17:30
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 53.3 2-Core 106 55% 83.9 Pts	4-Core 209 8-Core 278 31% 244 Pts	64-Core 294 18% 294 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460 SE 3,122 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Device(0000 0000) 768MB CLim: 648 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 768MB, Driver: 378.66 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Lighting 11.9 Reflection 13.8 Parallax 10.3 10% 12 fps	MRender 16.7 Gravity 12.1 Splatting 13 11% 13.9 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17274076 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -51058571214838 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 30 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 34 77311639581 (C2) HDA temperature 29 34 77311639581 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17274076 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17274076 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17274076 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 38654705664 (E9) Unknown 0 0 189 (EA) Unknown 0 0 201 (F1) Unknown 0 0 201 (F2) Unknown 0 0 85 (F4) Unknown 100 100 262145	53.4% Above average	Read 407 Write 123 Mixed 181 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 11.3 85% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 88.5 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 10.9 38% 81.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 73%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$70 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 897GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 89 (03) Spinup time 125 125 25789727023 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2256 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3638 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2234 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2256 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2256 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 206159347737 (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 1	64.8% Good	Read 115 Write 112 Mixed 93.1 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.37 76% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600LLA Series 4x2GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.8% Below average	MC Read 17 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 14.6 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 9.6 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 73%

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

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Gaming 33%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	58x
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 $48Bench 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

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