MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 18 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 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 29 '22 at 17:15
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 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 (96^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 478 57% 442 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82% 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)	64.8% Good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 82.1 Parallax 76.1 66% 79.7 fps	MRender 77.5 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 73.8 62% 76.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 160 56 20 66 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 466 Write 370 Mixed 26.6 SusWrite 94.6 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 11.4 4K Mixed 1 53% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 1 62% 144 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 86%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 220GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 104 103 105 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 66.1 Write 83.9 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 104 61% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 277GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 125 123 120 125 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 115 Write 109 Mixed 62 SusWrite 123 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 88%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 638 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 5786 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	6.46% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 10.5 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 12 16% 13.3 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.46% Great: 7%
Hama Hama 32GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 30GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 0.1 0.1 7.9 11 15 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	29% Poor	Read 127 Write 11.9 Mixed 42.1 SusWrite 6.4 45% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 3.6 236% 5.37 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 37%

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)	69.5% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 21 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69.5% 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 809 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	230x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 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 $132Bench 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	42x
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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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