MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141226
Uptime	44 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '18 at 07:15
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 195 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 374 50% 373 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B 186B) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 27.6 Reflection 22.2 Parallax 24.8 22% 24.9 fps	MRender 20.2 Gravity 23.5 Splatting 27.4 20% 23.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS510S 128GB 215 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP026PC0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 797 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 370 (A3) Unknown 100 100 206 (A4) Unknown 100 100 31 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2861543978	37.2% Below average	Read 442 Write 33.3 Mixed 35.6 36% 170 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 4.47 59% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 32.6 DQ Mixed 4.32 10% 19.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 92%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 170 8150 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2144 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5494 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1493 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 130 130 212734 (C2) HDA temperature 119 113 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 102 Mixed 106 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 12GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 79861360 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3223 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 80301445 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11866 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3064 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 538312736 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 30 30 141115 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 60129542176 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -124794569745331 (F1) Unknown 100 253 95152989204085 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -81263036810459	66.2% Good	Read 102 Write 129 Mixed 105 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.34 88% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL8-2GBTD 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 10GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	45.1% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.8 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.6 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 47%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 30%

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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 $76Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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