MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	191% 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	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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '20 at 22:29
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 229 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 597 61% 495 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.3% 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: 20.1.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 117 Parallax 255 112% 170 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 163 117% 139 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 111% 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% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0118C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 658 701 707 714 715 716 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1346 Write 1,139 Mixed 1,078 SusWrite 702 239% 1,066 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 70.6 232% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 603 DQ Write 394 DQ Mixed 519 382% 505 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 311%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 52GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 282 284 285 287 287 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 470 Mixed 405 SusWrite 287 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 53 175% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 351 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB 7,100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 277GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 103 103 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	57% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 100 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 102 66% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 59%
Intenso USB 3.0 device 3TB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 113 116 116 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 114 Write 115 Mixed 85 SusWrite 114 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 91%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.6 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.4% Terrible	Read 14.5 Write 4 Mixed 3 SusWrite 4.7 7% 6.55 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.4% Great: 7%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16GB 8,778 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 14GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.6 6.1 6.5 6.5 6.4 6.5 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	7.94% Terrible	Read 22.8 Write 12.7 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 6.2 17% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 2.4 123% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.94% Great: 13%
WDC WD25 00BB-55RDA0 250GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 144GB free, PID 2506 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 33.7 Mixed 28 SusWrite 38.5 47% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 74% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 4x8GB 1,895 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 25.8 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 91%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	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 $295	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