MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.6% 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	88.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '17 at 00:55
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 75.2 2-Core 147 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 344 39% 303 Pts	64-Core 342 21% 342 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 341A) CLim: 1400 MHz, MLim: 2050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.6% Below average	Lighting 41 Reflection 61.8 Parallax 58.4 33% 53.7 fps	MRender 62.6 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 52.9 43% 52.3 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 964 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 58 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 66 60 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5859905080	88.8% Excellent	Read 490 Write 382 Mixed 403 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 36.3 128% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 63 68% 115 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 134%
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38 10,520 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 345GB free Firmware: 3CNR Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 93 0 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4828 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 61 47 274968368811 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 58356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3776 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1187 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 46 672464931 (C2) HDA temperature 35 54 42949672995 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 65 52 26309101 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 4294967294 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 4294967294 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 145 63226 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.4% Average	Read 68.8 Write 72.1 Mixed 67.6 52% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.23 69% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 42%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 237GB free Firmware: AX001A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1057 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1653 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 8171 (0A) Spinup retry count 133 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1141 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 96 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 199 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 30239 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 266288365592 (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 5948 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 88 88 4872 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 263 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	52.8% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 87.9 Mixed 94.4 70% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.14 64% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 62%
Kingston DT microDuo 32GB 773 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 4GB free, PID 16a1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	6.19% Terrible	Read 27.4 Write 6.83 Mixed 8.1 14% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.01 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.007 12% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.19% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-067.A00LF AE34G1609U2 KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 667, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.9% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 10.5 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10.3 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 45%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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