MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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	3.81% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150728
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '16 at 10:50
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$52 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 92.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 231 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 419 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7924) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4256 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.81% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 6.85 Parallax 6.78 3% 5.84 fps	MRender 7.29 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 8.09 5% 5.94 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.81% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk S064G 63GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 640 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1193 (A5) Unknown 100 100 158655 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 40 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 30 193274314782 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 133 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 177 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3953629498 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5203623906	33.6% Below average	Read 432 Write 139 Mixed 207 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 7.23 4K Mixed 4.09 27% 7.71 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 47%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$26 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 33GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 139 135 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8098 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18762 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3144 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 376 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8098 (C2) HDA temperature 117 90 26 (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	43.7% Average	Read 74 Write 78 Mixed 76.2 57% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.42 106% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1600 1x8GB 3,120 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 9.7 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 10.3 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 34%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

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 $37Bench 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 $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) $30	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