MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37% 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	73.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 14:01
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 206 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 405 53% 401 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 46.8 Reflection 51.7 Parallax 55.9 38% 51.5 fps	MRender 51.3 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 37.3 35% 43.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7477 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1349 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1718191852349 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 53 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 199 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 55 236224118813 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622941546004 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3584 (EA) Unknown 100 100 15142 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11437 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9401 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.2% Very good	Read 466 Write 198 Mixed 137 58% 267 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 18.2 111% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 42.3 82% 168 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 93%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 180GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 99 83 8083 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2705 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2413 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 123 123 233809 (C2) HDA temperature 122 94 25 (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	51.3% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 89.2 Mixed 82.5 66% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.18 63% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	65.7% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 20.4 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 18.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 67%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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