MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.5% 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	41.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7974
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974) (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 03 '18 at 21:47
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^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, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 68.6 2-Core 110 59% 90.8 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 432 44% 355 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B A001) Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Lighting 26.6 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 33.5 22% 29.9 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 23.5 Splatting 35.4 24% 28.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.41 Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 383 Write 175 Mixed 91.7 47% 216 MB/s	4K Read 7.53 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 3.86 46% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 94.2 DQ Mixed 7.03 22% 44.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 86%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 298GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 4GB free Firmware: 1.10 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 127 Write 110 Mixed 79.1 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.67 147% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 130%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C8 1x4GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	32.4% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 9.5 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 34%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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Workstation 25%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16