MSI H97M-G43(MS-7924)

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.92% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	8.34% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a 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	1.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '17 at 09:03
Run Duration	314 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 204 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 398 53% 396 Pts	64-Core 397 24% 397 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 72%

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. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.92% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 6.69 Parallax 6.84 3% 5.81 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 7.96 5% 6.45 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.92% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 470 Series SSD 64GB 753 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM09B1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12294 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3365 (B1) Unknown 88 88 584 (B2) Unknown 76 76 236 (BE) vendor-specific 58 58 42 (EB) Unknown 99 99 618	8.34% Terrible	Read 39.8 Write 15.1 Mixed 73.6 10% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 25.1 4K Mixed 1.48 17% 9.16 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 24.5 DQ Mixed 2.69 8% 18.1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 8.34% Great: 43%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 107GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 68 9258 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5343 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8440 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2676 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 56 188979347497 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 56 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5508	74.9% Very good	Read 112 Write 149 Mixed 95.3 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.48 119% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 75%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 41GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 27 507 (03) Spinup time 85 85 5290 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 6605 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 15983 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4324 (0D) Soft read error rate 98 39 438 (B7) Unknown 100 100 75 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 6352 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 487587869 (C2) HDA temperature 63 57 621805605 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 242066 (C4) Reallocation count 95 95 195 (C5) Current pending sector count 98 95 85 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 99 99 138 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	34.6% Below average	Read 61.5 Write 58.8 Mixed 51.2 43% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.29 72% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 63%
Generic Flash HS-COMBO 8GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 2228 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	7.17% Terrible	Read 8.71 Write 6.91 Mixed 7.63 10% 7.75 MB/s	4K Read 1.98 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.78 78% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.17% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-002.A01LF 2x2GB 627 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	50% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 54%

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Typical H97M-G43(MS-7924) Builds (Compare 544 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	132x
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	54x
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	22x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16