MSI Z97-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.9% 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	35.5% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '20 at 22:50
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 454 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Lighting 73.3 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 90.2 60% 77.7 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 58 54% 67.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 51 3.5 12 93 232 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 446 Write 271 Mixed 237 SusWrite 103 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 12.5 36% 8.97 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 61%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 931GB free Firmware: SC11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 174 173 174 174 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 168 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 174 103% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24.7 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 26.7 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 91%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	52x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	30x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	18x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	23x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	19x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
S3 1T00 1TBSandiskBench 95%, 12,396 samples	6x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	7x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	6x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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