MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


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 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150522
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '18 at 18:59
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 (88^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 206 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 589 57% 468 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 75.3 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 66.8 61% 72.9 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 69.2 Splatting 72.6 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 200 201 198 190 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 471 Mixed 373 SusWrite 224 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 60.1 204% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 355 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 462GB free Firmware: AX001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 108 108 108 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 100 Write 102 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 108 63% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 62%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 437GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 121 120 119 121 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 64.3 Write 103 Mixed 30 SusWrite 120 58% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 376% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 110%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 343GB free Firmware: AX0A4M SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 86 85 86 86 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 84 Write 84.2 Mixed 31 SusWrite 85.6 52% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 62%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 32GB 1,099 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 29GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 42 35 30 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Read 91 Write 50 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 37.9 63% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 3.1 203% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 4x8GB 1,895 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 19.5 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 91%

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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%

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 $295	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