MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	126% 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	147% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '22 at 23:37
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 as expected (45^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 218 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 625 59% 491 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 376A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 189 Parallax 180 138% 179 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 180 Splatting 128 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 389 324 326 325 295 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 1,125 Write 932 Mixed 457 SusWrite 321 157% 709 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 38.6 154% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 920 DQ Write 684 DQ Mixed 610 508% 738 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 236%
Mushkin ECO3 480GB-$155 2,300 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 308GB free Firmware: O1126A SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 290 104 79 105 99 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 417 Write 352 Mixed 317 SusWrite 140 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 43.2 141% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 255 208% 292 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 101%
Crucial MX500 4TB-$300 1,824 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 3TB free Firmware: M3CR044 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 281 401 424 421 426 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 33.1 Mixed 336 SusWrite 352 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 40.7 136% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 142 162% 276 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX16LC9/8GX 4x8GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 98%

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

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924) - $104

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	129x
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	52x
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	21x
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 $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 $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