MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.7% 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	100% 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 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.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150728
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 09:20
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 223 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 436 58% 437 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.7% Poor	Lighting 38.5 Reflection 27.9 Parallax 51.4 31% 39.3 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 35.8 Splatting 34 27% 32.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12332 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1493 (B1) Unknown 93 93 77 (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 54 51 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 89 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17401710606	100% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 329 Mixed 327 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 25.4 161% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 66.5 114% 225 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2009)-$152 5,563 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 119GB free Firmware: 01.0 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 0 (03) Spinup time 187 150 1650 (04) Start/Stop count 64 64 36829 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24934 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3125 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 11895 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 517 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 21 21 539637 (C2) HDA temperature 111 92 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	36.9% Below average	Read 67.5 Write 61 Mixed 58.3 47% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.28 71% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 63GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 70719632 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4798 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21406228 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12373 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1507 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 61 53 739901479 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 66365 (C2) HDA temperature 39 47 42949672999 (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 72692321489715 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13926550250 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30630684082	65.6% Good	Read 112 Write 117 Mixed 112 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 4x4GB 418 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.4% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 18.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 86%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924) - $104

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	129x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	85x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	63x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	52x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	44x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	39x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	15x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	10x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	14x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	12x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	10x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $598

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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