MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics109% 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 Drive132% 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7924
MotherboardMSI H97M-G43(MS-7924)  (all builds)
Memory21.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateAug 13 '18 at 03:26
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690-$52
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
82.6% Excellent
Memory 92.5
1-Core 110
2-Core 214
80% 139 Pts
4-Core 420
8-Core 421
56% 421 Pts
64-Core 427
26% 427 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
EVGA(3842 5678) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2059 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 144
Reflection 152
Parallax 141
117% 146 fps
MRender 103
Gravity 138
Splatting 117
98% 119 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 109%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 414 325 318 296 279 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
132% Outstanding
Read 580
Write 504
Mixed 376
SusWrite 320
100% 445 MB/s
4K Read 29.9
4K Write 141
4K Mixed 51.5
186% 74.1 MB/s
DQ Read 779
DQ Write 643
DQ Mixed 639
498% 687 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 132%
Great: 236%
Mushkin ECO3 480GB-$155
296GB free
Firmware: O1126A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 249 95 96 90 99 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
93.6% Outstanding
Read 443
Write 418
Mixed 357
SusWrite 145
76% 341 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 54.8
167% 63.3 MB/s
DQ Read 307
DQ Write 327
DQ Mixed 257
210% 297 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 93.6%
Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
927GB free
Firmware: CC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 194 194 195 192 195 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 181
Write 135
Mixed 82.2
SusWrite 193
108% 148 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 107%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 KHX1600C10D3/8G 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 24GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
63.6% Good
MC Read 22.6
MC Write 23.3
MC Mixed 19.8
63% 21.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 21
57% 19.9 GB/s
Latency 63.1
63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 63.6%
Great: 64%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H97M-G43(MS-7924) Builds (Compare 540 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 53% - Above average Total price: $598
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Intel Core i5-12600K $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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