MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	187% 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	12.9 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 15:15
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 597 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 2313) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.8.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 117 Parallax 254 113% 170 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 150 111% 133 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$50 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 384GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0118C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 630 552 514 574 531 512 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,349 Write 1172 Mixed 1,073 SusWrite 552 232% 1,037 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 73.6 242% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 631 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 540 398% 527 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 311%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 119GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 294 294 294 295 295 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 465 Mixed 408 SusWrite 301 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 56.9 190% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 354 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB 7,100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 277GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 102 103 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 88.4 Write 98.8 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 102 64% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 59%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16GB 8,778 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 14GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 4.9 6.6 6.7 6.5 6.5 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	7.98% Terrible	Read 21.9 Write 12.5 Mixed 13 SusWrite 5.8 16% 13.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 2.7 138% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.98% 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: 35 35 35 35 35 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 33.8 Write 30.7 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 35.3 42% 30.8 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)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 25.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 60%

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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	90x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	144x
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 $76Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16