MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	163% 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	74.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	17.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '22 at 17:48
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 74.7 1-Core 78.8 2-Core 192 64% 115 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 546 54% 440 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Palit(1569 2206) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	163% Outstanding	Lighting 234 Reflection 204 Parallax 231 191% 223 fps	MRender 236 Gravity 197 Splatting 148 154% 194 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U-256G-1006 256GB 12,432 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 64 98 36 87 46 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 407 Write 228 Mixed 159 SusWrite 81.7 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 41.1 134% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 164 150% 231 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 92%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 70GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 106 105 105 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 77.4 Write 96.2 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 105 62% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 87%
WD WD10EUCX-63YZ1Y0 1TB 870 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 108GB free Firmware: 51.0AB52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 75 79 85 80 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 80 Write 79 Mixed 50.9 SusWrite 78.6 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 28GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 120 112 97 114 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 109 Write 102 Mixed 73 SusWrite 110 73% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX2400C11D3/8GX 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX2400C11D3/8GX 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 2400, 1600, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.7% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 13.5 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 91.1 44% 91.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 62%

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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 361 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	84x
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
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	9x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $463

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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