MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.59% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	81.6% 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 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.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140429
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '15 at 13:34
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 584 63% 500 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% EVGA(3842 2641) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5906 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	6.59% Terrible	Lighting 7.87 Reflection 7.65 Parallax 8.06 6% 7.86 fps	MRender 6.67 Gravity 7.9 Splatting 10.1 7% 8.22 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.59% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC01.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2749 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 413 (A2) Unknown 100 100 472 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1638466 (AE) Unknown 100 100 67 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5342 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5349	81.6% Excellent	Read 520 Write 316 Mixed 395 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 12.1 101% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 10.8 85% 196 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 177 177 6033 (03) Spinup time 253 168 933 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5998 (05) Reallocated sector count 173 173 510 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15825 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2482 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 70351 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 36 (C4) Reallocation count 193 193 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 1 57 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 44 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 185 172 4022	46.2% Average	Read 96.7 Write 64.8 Mixed 69.6 58% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.1 34% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 534GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 108233480 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1916 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20655234 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 436 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 4951506981 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9052 (C2) HDA temperature 37 46 -140737488355291 (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 -122926258977641 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13756152471 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10572881911	76.6% Very good	Read 158 Write 108 Mixed 108 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 3.97 4K Mixed 0.25 117% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 465GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 182 5625 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2753 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 799 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 33851 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 37 (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	70.3% Very good	Read 155 Write 89.6 Mixed 92.8 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.14 86% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 464GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 129 129 17199399201 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1737 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 15 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4554 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 509 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1778 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1778 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 210455035944 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 15 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	98.2% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 172 Mixed 112 113% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.19 79% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.9% Poor	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 62%

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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 $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