MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.6% 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	92.5% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140430
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 03:19
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 392 52% 391 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 360B) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Lighting 33.4 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 38.4 27% 34.2 fps	MRender 41.8 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 34.4 31% 39 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9697 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1047 (B1) Unknown 98 98 86 (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 65 49 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17422334580	92.5% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 442 Mixed 469 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 29 138% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 35.2 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 147 93% 102 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 150GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16953256 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2473 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34681516 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1412 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 17718181918 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12503 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 -140737488355298 (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 -109130824018883 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6843191861 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8791743127	80.5% Excellent	Read 145 Write 136 Mixed 134 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.28 84% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 61GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 159 6850 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4331 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17360 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3019 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4331 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 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	29.1% Poor	Read 49.8 Write 51.2 Mixed 47.8 37% 49.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.25 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 8,818 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 9.9 32% 11 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 10.7 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 34%

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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	83x
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
RMR5030EF68F9W1600 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 0467 RMR5030KD68F9F1600 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GBUnknownBench 49%, 12 samples	9x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $463

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 $184	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