MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '16 at 03:57
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 99.1 2-Core 194 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 374 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6822 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52% Above average	Lighting 64.8 Reflection 68.8 Parallax 66.8 53% 66.8 fps	MRender 73.3 Gravity 60.6 Splatting 54.4 50% 62.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 75GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3776856 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -110217450749329 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 5 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 34 81606606873 (C2) HDA temperature 25 34 81606606873 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3776856 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3776856 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3776856 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 47244640256 (E9) Unknown 0 0 665 (EA) Unknown 0 0 836 (F1) Unknown 0 0 836 (F2) Unknown 0 0 703 (F4) Unknown 100 100 851972	59.3% Above average	Read 422 Write 127 Mixed 179 53% 243 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 15.1 101% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 37.5 52% 93.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8051886 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 95880849916656 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 113 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 9 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 35 81606672409 (C2) HDA temperature 25 35 81606672409 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8051886 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8051886 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8051886 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 81604378624 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1577 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1401 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1401 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1372 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2424842	58% Above average	Read 431 Write 121 Mixed 164 52% 239 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 14.8 97% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 33 48% 88.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 73%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 466GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 138 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6181 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5376 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 532 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6169 (C2) HDA temperature 117 98 26 (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	69.7% Good	Read 125 Write 118 Mixed 127 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.41 106% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 5,347 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 21 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 63%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 73%

Battleship

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 $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	15x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $46Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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