MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	5.17% 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	80% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141226
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '16 at 20:28
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 139 2-Core 268 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 713 73% 591 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Gigabyte(1458 220C) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	5.17% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 4.85 Parallax 5.56 5% 5.64 fps	MRender 4.95 Gravity 4.97 Splatting 7.43 5% 5.78 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 5.17% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th 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 1734 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 393 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 25 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2576 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 54 197569937443 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3669539837 (F7) Unknown 100 100 114828409 (F8) Unknown 100 100 113905944	80% Very good	Read 518 Write 391 Mixed 411 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 18.6 112% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 89.8 DQ Mixed 17.7 26% 45.6 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 664GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 288 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4711 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3899116 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3096 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 131076 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 51 487915546 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5090 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 47244640282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 6 288 (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 -82514911678017 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2903768438 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1326491110	68.4% Good	Read 117 Write 122 Mixed 106 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.53 98% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 75%
Sony USB HS-SD Card 2GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 1GB free, PID 01bd Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	5.83% Terrible	Read 11.1 Write 9.03 Mixed 9.48 12% 9.87 MB/s	4K Read 1.32 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.03 27% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.83% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1800 MHz clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 24.1 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 24.8 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 46.1 87% 46.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 85%

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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 $254	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 $550	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) $23	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