MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '20 at 19:13
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 223 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 418 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.75 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 131 131 132 140 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 350 Write 209 Mixed 210 SusWrite 132 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 38.6 137% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 136 115% 165 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 85%
Intel S3500 Series 480GB-$151 1,069 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 197GB free Firmware: D201DL13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 325 412 412 414 373 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 334 Write 397 Mixed 294 SusWrite 369 79% 348 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 31.2 132% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 259 198% 268 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 98%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 285GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 71 72 72 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 44 Write 43.7 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 71.6 34% 46 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 59%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 504GB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 77 78 78 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 73.6 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 75.3 51% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.3 77% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1333 4x4GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 53%

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Typical Z97M-G43(MS-7924) Builds (Compare 359 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924) - $110

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	83x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	75x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	61x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	42x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	22x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x
RMR5030EF68F9W1600 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 0467 RMR5030KD68F9F1600 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GBUnknownBench 49%, 12 samples	9x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $463

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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