MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	82.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '18 at 19:04
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 506 68% 508 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 145 Parallax 136 122% 143 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 141 Splatting 110 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5041 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 948 (B1) Unknown 94 94 27 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 43 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 111 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11406816114	82.2% Excellent	Read 494 Write 274 Mixed 152 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 28.3 130% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 34.4 DQ Mixed 50.3 64% 121 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 134GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 20887152 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1763 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 237919231 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8786 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1842 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 53 622264357 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13161 (C2) HDA temperature 37 47 68719476773 (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 129261335748925 (F1) Unknown 100 253 76741160723 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1151509735303	86.8% Excellent	Read 153 Write 149 Mixed 104 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 5.31 4K Mixed 0.69 198% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 64%

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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 363 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $50Bench 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 $36Bench 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: $460

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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