MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	30.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '19 at 16:30
Run Duration	417 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 86.6 2-Core 163 69% 114 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 398 47% 366 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.3% Very good	Lighting 85.1 Reflection 98 Parallax 79.8 69% 87.6 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 85 Splatting 103 84% 103 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 120GB-$14 42,288 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 9GB free Firmware: P1222A SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 210 34 36 30 23 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 471 Write 366 Mixed 353 SusWrite 96.8 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 15.6 78% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 87.8 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 20.5 65% 134 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 88%
Mushkin Chronos 240GB-$99 690 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 503ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 134 137 122 123 108 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30.8% Below average	Read 155 Write 178 Mixed 170 SusWrite 126 36% 157 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 9.1 4K Mixed 0 37% 10.1 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 95.7 91% 140 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 91%
Samsung MZ7TD256HAFV-000L7 256GB 6,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 49GB free Firmware: DXT02L5Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 244 246 246 244 244 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 426 Write 244 Mixed 173 SusWrite 245 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 21.4 87% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 63.4 101% 198 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 80%
Skhynix SC300 HFS256G32MND-3210A 256GB 506 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 19GB free Firmware: 20131P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 301 355 366 366 361 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 443 Write 371 Mixed 300 SusWrite 335 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 27.4 81% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 262 212% 301 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 98%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 164GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 76 75 77 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 57.2 Write 49.7 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 75.5 42% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 69%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 79GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 156 158 160 160 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 93.7 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 158 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-035.A00LF 2x8GB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 24.7 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 20.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	230x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	205x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	89x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	143x
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	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	42x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	40x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	35x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16