MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '18 at 10:48
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 96.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 248 33% 247 Pts	64-Core 245 15% 245 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gainward(10B0 1C03) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 68.8 64% 75.3 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 74.5 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8283 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1765 (B1) Unknown 98 98 38 (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 62 46 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 124 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29795455163
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 315GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 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 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 70 70 9910 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9221 (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 96 96 18693 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4899 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 1 403570712 (C2) HDA temperature 73 55 453902363 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 353715 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	30.1% Below average	Read 47.6 Write 57.1 Mixed 54.3 40% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 58%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050H 500GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 301GB free Firmware: ARF02A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2061 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2298 (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 82 82 7284 (0A) Spinup retry count 145 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2274 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 128 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 804 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 82240 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219043463199 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 199 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 262 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 4% Great: 46%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 45GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222966120 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2872 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 87738037 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10391 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3430 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 13 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 67 48 554958881 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 915 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5093 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 21474836513 (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 96134252998466 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20959082632 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19450582626	57.1% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 104 Mixed 95.6 74% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 1 245% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 112%
WDC WD50 00BEVT-00A0RT0 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 175GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 47.6 Write 47.8 Mixed 42.1 59% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.31 56% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 29%
Patriot Memory 32GB 889 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 26GB free, PID 5200, Supersonic Rage XT Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 42.7 Write 29.1 Mixed 37.4 45% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.03 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.53 64% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x8GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 23.7 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.9% 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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Total price: $648

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