MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	154% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

19 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '22 at 18:20
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 84.6 2-Core 200 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 560 57% 459 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% PNY(196E 1345) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.6% Very good	Lighting 88.6 Reflection 117 Parallax 74.9 72% 93.4 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 79.3 Splatting 71.9 70% 88.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Micron MTFDHBA51 512GB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0011 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 581 612 634 636 615 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 692 Write 630 Mixed 596 SusWrite 551 139% 617 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 65.4 217% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 611 DQ Write 517 DQ Mixed 262 279% 464 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 247%
BR 960G 960GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 362GB free Firmware: S0423B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 5.2 80 137 5.3 259 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 458 Write 14 Mixed 208 SusWrite 88 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 27.1 112% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 43 90% 177 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 77%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 226GB free Firmware: ACM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 118 123 102 117 116 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 32% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RMR5030EF68F9W1600 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 0467 RMR5030KD68F9F1600 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 57%

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

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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 $53Bench 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 $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
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	9x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $463

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16