MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.36% 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	113% 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.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140430
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '20 at 15:06
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 585 58% 475 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B E269) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.8.1 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	8.36% Terrible	Lighting 10.6 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 13.9 9% 11.7 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 10.6 Splatting 9.83 8% 9.46 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.36% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 688GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 431 398 289 309 306 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 439 Mixed 357 SusWrite 360 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 54.7 181% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 262 223% 327 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 698GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 197 196 195 197 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 167 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 194 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 128 127 129 130 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 44.1 SusWrite 127 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 6,329 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 18GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 3.3 4.2 3.9 3.9 4.3 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	7.93% Terrible	Read 38.3 Write 2 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 4.2 12% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.93% Great: 9%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 6,329 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 27GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 4.5 3.1 2.4 3.6 4 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	7.62% Terrible	Read 37.7 Write 4 Mixed 12.4 SusWrite 3.5 14% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.3 32% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.62% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.6 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 68%

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

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Typical Z97M-G43(MS-7924) Builds (Compare 360 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

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	76x
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 $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 $15	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