MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140701
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '19 at 13:38
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 666 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K620-$170 16,214 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Nvidia(10DE 1098) 2GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Lighting 14.8 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 10.8 12% 13.3 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 13.3 Splatting 15.6 11% 13.7 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 750GB (2012) 1,474 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 36 42 42 46 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 81.1 Write 77.8 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 41.5 52% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.7 174% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 68%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 664GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 151 154 155 156 156 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 156 Write 153 Mixed 20.9 SusWrite 154 87% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS1GLK64V6H 2x8GB 1,052 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

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 $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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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