MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160215
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 17 '21 at 13:48
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 449 62% 457 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 12FF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 121 Parallax 137 110% 131 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 132 Splatting 112 111% 140 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 156 159 153 161 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 491 Mixed 415 SusWrite 179 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.5 195% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 362 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 77GB free Firmware: 0C3K87RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 68 56 54 65 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 494 Write 370 Mixed 157 SusWrite 87.1 61% 277 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 36.8 144% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 111 114% 189 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 82%
Seagate ST1000VX001-1HH162 1TB 3,381 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 495GB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 150 150 153 153 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 155 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 150 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.8 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 63%

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

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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 $38Bench 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 $300	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