MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 768 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '20 at 12:30
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 440 62% 456 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 0521) CLim: 1350 MHz, MLim: 2020 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Lighting 73.6 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 88.8 60% 77 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 60.6 56% 68.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 308 308 311 308 309 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 463 Write 311 Mixed 288 SusWrite 309 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 25.5 104% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 83.1 DQ Mixed 134 113% 170 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 101GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 74 73 73 71 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 124 Write 129 Mixed 65 SusWrite 72.3 72% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 5,347 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 17.8 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97-G43 (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 803 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16