MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.7% 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	105% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150522
Uptime	59.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 07:50
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 78.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 209 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 579 59% 479 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
ATI Radeon HD 3870 554 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Sapphire(174B 2542) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.85% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 2.41 6% 7.65 fps	MRender 7.43 Gravity 3.53 Splatting 14.4 8% 8.45 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.85% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 8C92) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 369.9 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Lighting 34.4 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 29.8 28% 32.6 fps	MRender 36.9 Gravity 31 Splatting 31.7 27% 33.2 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9941 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 18 (B1) Unknown 99 99 18 (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 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19777559359	105% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 402 Mixed 411 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 39.8 159% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 24 87% 192 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1TB free Firmware: 04.05G11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 236 232 10175 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 22 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18323 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 6 (C2) HDA temperature 123 109 29 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.6% Average	Read 94.4 Write 74.4 Mixed 75.1 61% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.36 126% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.3 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 18.4 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $463

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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