MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	50.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.5% 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.

System	MSI MS-7974
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '18 at 16:03
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 91 1-Core 78.9 2-Core 148 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 486 45% 376 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Sapphire(174B E349) CLim: 1340 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Lighting 61.5 Reflection 69.9 Parallax 78.4 50% 69.9 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 57.5 Splatting 59 51% 62.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 18329597 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -133779641330356 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1521 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 172 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 42 55 21478441002 (C2) HDA temperature 42 55 21478441002 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18329597 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18329597 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18329597 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9635 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7430 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7430 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16337	60.5% Good	Read 428 Write 201 Mixed 240 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 11.6 85% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 8.57 45% 101 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 638GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896764085 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1035 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4380 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 983 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1039 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1039 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 193274380324 (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	94.4% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 169 Mixed 157 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.22 90% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.4% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 18.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 79%

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Gaming 33%

Sail boat

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

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 $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: 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 $132	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