MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	196% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '19 at 13:36
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 116 2-Core 208 82% 140 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 600 65% 517 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 2313) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.8.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 114 Parallax 246 112% 166 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 150 111% 134 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0118C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 718 755 798 814 811 735 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,336 Write 1,152 Mixed 1,080 SusWrite 772 243% 1,085 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 71 233% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 600 DQ Write 394 DQ Mixed 507 375% 500 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 311%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 119GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 294 294 295 295 295 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 468 Mixed 408 SusWrite 296 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 54.9 184% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB 7,100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 277GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 103 103 102 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 97 Mixed 60 SusWrite 102 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 59%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 2GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 160e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.2 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	5.1% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 3.7 Mixed 5 SusWrite 4.2 8% 7.35 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 28% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.1% Great: 6%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16GB 8,778 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 14GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.7 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	8.15% Terrible	Read 22 Write 13.8 Mixed 11 SusWrite 6.4 16% 13.3 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.5 97% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.15% Great: 13%
WDC WD25 00BB-55RDA0 250GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 15GB free, PID 2506 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 35 35 35 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 33 Mixed 23.7 SusWrite 35.2 42% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 77% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 2x8GB 7,464 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.2 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 24.2 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 60%

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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	229x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	205x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	142x
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	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 $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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