MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.01% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7974
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974) (all builds)
Memory	16.8 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '17 at 22:19
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 640-$70 18,839 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Memory 67 1-Core 42.6 2-Core 86.9 42% 65.5 Pts	4-Core 157 8-Core 168 22% 163 Pts	64-Core 159 10% 159 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Zotac(19DA 730B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.01% Terrible	Lighting 6.03 Reflection 6.88 Parallax 7.56 5% 6.83 fps	MRender 3.95 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 7.26 5% 6.14 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.01% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Z-DRIVE R4 CM84 300GB 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 13405577 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 -63324997791125 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 79 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13405577 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13405577 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13405577 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 35001 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15555 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15555 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15867

SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 29GB free, PID 5580 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 239 Write 94.6 Mixed 125 170% 153 MB/s	4K Read 8.67 4K Write 10.7 4K Mixed 4.81 559% 8.05 MB/s	DQ Read 11.1 DQ Write 11.5 DQ Mixed 4.17 573% 8.9 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BD160B.M16 Elpida EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F CT102464BD160B.M16 Elpida EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 20GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29% Poor	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 11.2 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.4 16% 5.67 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 44%

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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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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