MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 04:57
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 207 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 419 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB; MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 150 Parallax 130 117% 141 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 111 99% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 277 278 278 276 278 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 482 Mixed 328 SusWrite 286 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 56.7 201% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 212 200% 311 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 501GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 151 149 151 149 148 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 141 Write 140 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 149 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 459 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	53.2% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 64%

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

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

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 $37Bench 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 $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