MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 22 months ago, 22 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	4.5 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	Aug 25 '22 at 18:57
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 (97^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 239 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 443 56% 424 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.5% 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: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 83 Parallax 76.2 66% 80.2 fps	MRender 77.3 Gravity 79 Splatting 74.5 63% 76.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 427 Write 400 Mixed 390 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 12 4K Mixed 1 52% 14.2 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 19.1 DQ Mixed 37.2 40% 69.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 86%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 232GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 106 Mixed 79.7 71% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 27% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 277GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 123 122 125 125 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 110 Write 121 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 122 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 88%
JetFlash Transcend 64GB 671 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 56GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 33 36 32 36 32 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 134 Write 49.7 Mixed 33.6 SusWrite 35 70% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.1 165% 4.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 64%

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)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 22.6 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 70.1% 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 813 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	231x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	205x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	90x

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

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	43x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	40x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	35x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16