MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 22 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 19 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '22 at 22:11
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 207 82% 140 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 474 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Lighting 81.1 Reflection 82.4 Parallax 76.2 66% 79.9 fps	MRender 77.5 Gravity 77.9 Splatting 73 62% 76.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 113 58 46 45 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 470 Write 384 Mixed 27.1 SusWrite 92.5 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 9 4K Mixed 0.8 41% 11 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 42 86% 168 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 86%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 285GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 109 108 108 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 113 Write 100 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 107 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$20 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 253GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 117 118 119 117 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 118 Write 106 Mixed 64.6 SusWrite 116 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 88%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 64GB 3,373 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 48GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.6 12 4.9 5.1 6.5 4.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 109 Write 6.2 Mixed 6 SusWrite 6.6 25% 31.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 4 208% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2X4G64CB8HG5N-DG 2x4GB 1,719 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 21 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 22.8 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 61%

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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 819 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	233x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	206x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	90x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	144x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	59x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	58x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	40x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	35x

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Total price: $648

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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369