MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '17 at 06:25
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 692 76% 599 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 120 Parallax 107 92% 113 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 103 Splatting 84.2 76% 94.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 960GB 385 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 734GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 97 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3582 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1315 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 99 99 4294968140 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196625 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5769	80.6% Excellent	Read 514 Write 352 Mixed 332 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 9.76 96% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 45 91% 186 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 108%
PNY CS2030 240GB SSD 590 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 126GB free Firmware: CS203020 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 786 Write 721 Mixed 764 169% 757 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 57.4 199% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 570 DQ Write 420 DQ Mixed 232 245% 407 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 197%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 34GB free Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4134 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3803 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 45 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (B5) Unknown 100 100 17416165788534 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 84 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 34 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	72.9% Very good	Read 506 Write 252 Mixed 345 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 6.02 102% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 5.9 60% 138 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 74%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 456GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 164 164 12893945998 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 777 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2249 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 767 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5861 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5861 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 167504773155 (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 200 200 0	83.5% Excellent	Read 157 Write 134 Mixed 150 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 107%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 145GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 205955428 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4268 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 69611194 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13804 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4268 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 555024417 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 14 205955428 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 7713761289431 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2818305334 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2591952754	45.1% Average	Read 83.6 Write 73.5 Mixed 78.9 59% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.57 123% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 69%

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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.7% 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%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

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	75x
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 $37Bench 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 $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