MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7924
Motherboard	MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924) (all builds)
Memory	17.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '16 at 14:20
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 657 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8537) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.8% Below average	Lighting 45 Reflection 45.1 Parallax 44.1 37% 44.7 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 39.8 Splatting 36.2 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 240GB-$160 1,284 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 221GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8039922 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 59253368825579 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1209 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 843 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8039922 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8039922 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8039922 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 26483 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18205 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18205 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12552	67.7% Good	Read 490 Write 254 Mixed 329 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 12.1 105% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 19.9 DQ Write 99.2 DQ Mixed 11.5 23% 43.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 216864200 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 256 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 59 150400506541 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2036 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 56 690094120 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 535 (C2) HDA temperature 40 44 73014444072 (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 37662568221128 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23332406734 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32373769065	77.9% Very good	Read 113 Write 158 Mixed 109 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 5.15 4K Mixed 0.24 135% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 108%
WD WD7500AACS-00D6B0 750GB 4,630 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 239GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 105 (03) Spinup time 170 156 6466 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3274 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19599 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2470 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3189 (C2) HDA temperature 113 98 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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.7% Below average	Read 66.6 Write 50.7 Mixed 62.4 45% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.26 73% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 46%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 5,895 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 706GB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 103 Write 104 Mixed 99.5 132% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 64%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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