MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.8% 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	36.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

System	MSI MS-7974
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 17:21
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 142 61% 99.9 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 432 42% 344 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 372A) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Lighting 48 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 39 39% 39.7 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 42.2 Splatting 37.4 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD320 128GB-$92 1,687 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 13868517 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 -75668733803894 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2444 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 810 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 59 73018310696 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13868517 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13868517 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13868517 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17314 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12129 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12129 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14277	36.7% Below average	Read 209 Write 109 Mixed 123 32% 147 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 9.25 69% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 63.5 DQ Mixed 30.5 27% 39.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 62%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 134 134 17198874900 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5590 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16947 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2435 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5601 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5601 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 227634511908 (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	82.5% Excellent	Read 151 Write 137 Mixed 147 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.23 111% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1600KLH-8G 2x8GB 905 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.2% Average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.3 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 61%

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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 $57Bench 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: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $215

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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