MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


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 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	41.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '16 at 22:09
Run Duration	303 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 661 73% 577 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.9% Average	Lighting 52.6 Reflection 52.3 Parallax 51.8 43% 52.3 fps	MRender 61.7 Gravity 48.3 Splatting 40.9 40% 50.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 141 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 12 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 966887200	100% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 406 Mixed 416 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 28.8 159% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 27.9 61% 130 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 23086949 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -116823110442923 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 32 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 22 33 38656868374 (C2) HDA temperature 22 33 38656868374 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23086949 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23086949 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23086949 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11462 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4926 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4926 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2830 (F4) Unknown 99 99 196739123	74.6% Very good	Read 513 Write 190 Mixed 260 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 18.7 125% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 92.4 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 44 61% 109 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 85%
OCZ VERTEX PLUS 120GB 765 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 76GB free Firmware: 3.50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24149 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (E8) Unknown 100 100 21681 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	33% Below average	Read 197 Write 160 Mixed 167 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 16.4 4K Mixed 5.26 50% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 40 DQ Write 16.3 DQ Mixed 5.25 10% 20.5 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 36%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 163GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 176 174 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8144 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33235 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8087 (C2) HDA temperature 126 107 21 (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 2	54% Above average	Read 108 Write 79.5 Mixed 85 68% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.36 101% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 76%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 959GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Read 72 Write 65 Mixed 60.5 83% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.14 48% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 49%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 211GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 88.4 Write 86.9 Mixed 61 99% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.14 64% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 45%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 205GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 70.1 Write 68.6 Mixed 66.7 88% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 45%
Lexar SD USB_3_0 Read 64GB 189 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 55GB free, PID b049 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 86.3 Write 60.7 Mixed 85.1 97% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 9.12 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 1.04 110% 3.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 1,383 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 23.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 72%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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