MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	58.6% 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	18.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140701
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 10 '17 at 19:34
Run Duration	433 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 213 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 219 30% 221 Pts	64-Core 226 14% 226 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9290) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Lighting 73.6 Reflection 61.7 Parallax 90.2 60% 75.2 fps	MRender 61.8 Gravity 60.9 Splatting 78.2 56% 67 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-256M7VG 256GB 557 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 238GB free Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 193 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 26 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1392 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4 (F1) Unknown 100 100 16 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10	54.3% Above average	Read 369 Write 196 Mixed 206 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 15 89% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 33.9 DQ Write 42.4 DQ Mixed 14.8 18% 30.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 101%
Kingston SSDNow SNV Series 64GB 1,596 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: D100309a Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2445 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1409 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 42 100 193275166762 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 73023553587 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4999487227522	18.5% Very poor	Read 200 Write 87 Mixed 30.5 23% 106 MB/s	4K Read 4.63 4K Write 7.4 4K Mixed 4.7 17% 5.58 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 28%
Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB-$137 3,651 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 151GB free Firmware: SD1A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132663814 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 489 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 8612264140 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2074 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 91 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 479 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 48 722927659 (C2) HDA temperature 43 52 60129542187 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 29 132663814 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	38.9% Below average	Read 65.2 Write 70 Mixed 46 45% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.44 104% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 30GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 51823322 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1023 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10599504 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 17 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 263 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 30067458090 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 689504289 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 25 51823322 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -42249593288354 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2903461410 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1796125125	48.9% Average	Read 85.8 Write 84.6 Mixed 39.7 52% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.3 79% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 70%
WDC WD32 00BEVT-26ZCT0 320GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 38GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 37.4 Write 38.8 Mixed 11.8 35% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.22 62% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 20%
SAMSUNG HM500JI 500GB 143 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 26GB free, PID 102a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 39 Write 41.4 Mixed 35.5 50% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.26 56% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.5% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.4 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 73%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

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	131x
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	53x
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	22x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16