MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	55.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	18.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	13.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 19:54
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 92.2 2-Core 172 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 442 48% 378 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 69.2 Reflection 62.1 Parallax 78.7 56% 70 fps	MRender 60.3 Gravity 58.7 Splatting 75.2 54% 64.7 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SD720 256GB 312 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.6.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 179 183 189 191 179 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 339 Write 228 Mixed 256 SusWrite 184 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 31.5 109% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 225 167% 222 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 92%
Plextor M6S 256GB-$166 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 47GB free Firmware: 1.09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 346 313 371 328 369 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 375 Mixed 283 SusWrite 345 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 34.5 125% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 206 190% 291 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 104%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 83GB free Firmware: 07MH SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 241 239 262 264 256 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 433 Write 236 Mixed 254 SusWrite 249 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 14.2 86% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 23.3 66% 140 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 74%
Samsung MZNLN128HCGR-000L2 128GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 50GB free Firmware: EMT23L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 152 151 151 151 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 37% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 26GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	23.3% Poor	Read 68.8 Write 13 Mixed 16.5 SusWrite 12.5 20% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.3 68% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 63%

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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%

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 $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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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