MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


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 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '17 at 09:16
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 115 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 452 60% 448 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 217 Parallax 195 141% 195 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 184 Splatting 132 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7677 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1493 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 242 (B2) Unknown 94 94 104 (B3) Unknown 95 95 194 (B4) Unknown 95 95 3838 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 94 94 1912 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15158700001 (F2) Unknown 99 99 19909598808	69.8% Good	Read 478 Write 277 Mixed 275 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 18.5 90% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 66.7 DQ Mixed 55.3 68% 124 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 73%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$23 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 594GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 133 132 4308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 330 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1760 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 132 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 300 (C2) HDA temperature 117 96 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	69.4% Good	Read 108 Write 133 Mixed 113 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.21 88% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 87%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 117GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155564018 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6320 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 48641548 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1821 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 99 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 47 420675609 (C2) HDA temperature 25 53 55834574873 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 45 155564018 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 36	47.8% Average	Read 90 Write 76.5 Mixed 39.9 51% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.34 84% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-16000CL9-2GBTD 14GB 1600, 2133, 1600, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.1% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns

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Typical Z97-G43 (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 799 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	228x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	204x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	141x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	58x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	41x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	39x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	35x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	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