MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140430
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '20 at 18:56
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 206 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 404 53% 400 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 120 Parallax 102 92% 112 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 105 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$84 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 369 437 447 446 445 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 453 Mixed 429 SusWrite 413 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 52.4 183% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 294 240% 343 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 127%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 82GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 184 184 186 185 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 450 Write 184 Mixed 224 SusWrite 184 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 39.7 152% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 170 148% 222 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 89%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 89 90 90 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 86 Write 84.8 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 89.6 56% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 84% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 55%
Intenso External USB-3.0 1TB 214 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 345GB free Firmware: 1201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 94 93 94 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 85.7 Write 82.8 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 93.3 52% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 67% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-537.A00LF 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.5% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10.1 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 10.8 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 43%

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Gaming 38%

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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

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $463

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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