MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	137% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '18 at 09:15
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 416 57% 421 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7924) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5678) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2201 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 152 Parallax 130 118% 142 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 140 Splatting 117 100% 122 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 519 325 322 282 289 270 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 596 Write 517 Mixed 417 SusWrite 334 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 51 200% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 642 DQ Mixed 643 500% 688 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 236%
Mushkin ECO3 480GB-$155 2,300 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 296GB free Firmware: O1126A SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 174 94 91 94 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 358 Write 430 Mixed 360 SusWrite 153 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 56.2 181% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 257 214% 308 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 927GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 192 194 195 194 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 147 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 193 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 KHX1600C10D3/8G 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 24GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 19.5 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 64%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 34%

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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 $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	15x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16