MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.4% 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	97.3% 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	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.

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System	MSI MS-7974
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '16 at 15:53
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 134 63% 99.9 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 423 42% 340 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 04B4) CLim: 1236 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	Lighting 29.2 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 36.4 24% 32.6 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 26.5 Splatting 34.9 26% 30.7 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 84 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 327 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 68 52 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 148 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2279573073	97.3% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 381 Mixed 402 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 42 153% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 71.1 76% 129 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 134%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 491GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 77 162658150 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1375 (05) Reallocated sector count 68 68 1346 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 319422613 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33466 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 635 (B4) Unknown 100 100 783902981 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 12857 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131335 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 77 45 454230039 (C2) HDA temperature 23 55 68719476759 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 20 162658150 (C4) Reallocation count 68 68 1346 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 98 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.4% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 101 Mixed 90 72% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.57 114% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 65%
MAIWO GZX202 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 298GB free, PID 6101 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	16.8% Very poor	Read 41.3 Write 37.6 Mixed 33 47% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.19 36% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH1X04H1AA28-16 2x4GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	48% Average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 67%

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	5x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 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: $248

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16