MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	15.9% 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	39.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141226
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '15 at 15:35
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 95.6 2-Core 222 70% 159 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 425 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 53% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5850 15,020 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Asus(1043 0348) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Lighting 22 Reflection 13.4 Parallax 20.3 18% 18.5 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 16.3 Splatting 16.3 12% 14.5 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3844 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 447 (B1) Unknown 96 96 37 (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 47 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 69 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5052249466	39.2% Below average	Read 374 Write 35.5 Mixed 51.3 32% 154 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 8.44 72% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 44.3 DQ Mixed 23.4 21% 30.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 126GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2290 (03) Spinup time 108 102 7566 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5040 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25654 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3287 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 447466 (C2) HDA temperature 118 81 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 107 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 25 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 199 198 295	52.9% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 91.9 Mixed 88.9 68% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.29 85% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 57%
Samsung SP2004C 200GB-$46 4,063 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 8GB free Firmware: VM100-33 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6016 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 16089 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16484 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4451 (BE) vendor-specific 169 55 23 (C2) HDA temperature 169 55 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 61598 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	20% Poor	Read 34.3 Write 35.1 Mixed 30.4 25% 33.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.29 71% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 32%

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Typical Z97M-G43(MS-7924) Builds (Compare 359 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	83x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	75x
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 $37Bench 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 $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 $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) $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

MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results

PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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