MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results

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


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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '16 at 00:14
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	15%

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
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 430 58% 433 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7924) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TD256HAFV-000L7 256GB 6,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 58GB free Firmware: DXT02L5Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1134 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 993 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 30 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6240 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 18 (E9) Unknown 199 199 557110 (EA) Unknown 99 99 14 (EB) Unknown 99 99 61 (EC) Unknown 99 99 10 (ED) Unknown 99 99 30 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0	71.5% Very good	Read 496 Write 246 Mixed 208 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 12.3 95% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 29.1 73% 153 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 80%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6948 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3020 (B1) Unknown 93 93 80 (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 64 51 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 18 (EB) Unknown 99 99 422 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16195595161
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 695GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 161 8800 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3900 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6441 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 377 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 219 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 162 162 116689 (C2) HDA temperature 119 102 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 87.8 Mixed 80.4 67% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.19 80% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 295GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 71 71 9490 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7369 (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 98 98 12018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5714 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 150 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 24 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 470876188 (C2) HDA temperature 71 59 504430621 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8053199 (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 100 99 1410 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	34.5% Below average	Read 55.3 Write 64.7 Mixed 46.3 41% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.31 75% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 58%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 4GB free Firmware: CP100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5632 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14711 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16683 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 6043 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 44707093 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 722365 (BC) Unknown 100 100 33 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 29 (C2) HDA temperature 151 103 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 44707093 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 90 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 97 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	36.3% Below average	Read 59.5 Write 66.9 Mixed 34.7 40% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.26 67% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-085.A00LF 2x8GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 62%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924) - $110

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	83x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	76x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	61x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	42x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	22x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x
RMR5030EF68F9W1600 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 0467 RMR5030KD68F9F1600 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GBUnknownBench 49%, 12 samples	9x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $463

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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