MSI Z97-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	67.7% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '21 at 13:23
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 183 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 352 47% 353 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 1F02) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 112 Parallax 124 100% 120 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 122 Splatting 103 105% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7816) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.97% Terrible	Lighting 4.4 Reflection 3.1 Parallax 7.7 4% 5.07 fps	MRender 8.7 Gravity 3.1 Splatting 5.7 5% 5.83 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.97% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 90 59 55 58 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 403 Write 266 Mixed 289 SusWrite 76.2 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 30.6 111% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 157 153% 243 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 91%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 90GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 354 413 414 402 400 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 390 Write 394 Mixed 353 SusWrite 385 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 35.1 124% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 338 253% 337 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 105%
Toshiba MK5075GSX 500GB-$127 6,562 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 183GB free Firmware: GT001U SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 64 65 64 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 58.6 Write 56.1 Mixed 20 SusWrite 64.2 36% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992125 (997125) 2x8GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	67.2% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 21.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 20.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 77%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	7	60	24"	1280 720	SAM0B43 S24D300

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Typical Z97-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 161 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 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 $37Bench 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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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