MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1862 x 1058 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '23 at 22:52
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 96 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 169 73% 121 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 502 52% 421 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 175 Parallax 119 91% 135 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 106 Splatting 103 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo X1 SSD 120GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0510D SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 101 55 55 52 53 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	60% Above average	Read 446 Write 308 Mixed 316 SusWrite 98.9 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 33.7 4K Mixed 27.5 90% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 93 DQ Mixed 143 115% 168 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 91%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 220GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 911 122 80 68 67 65 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 49% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2473 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	70% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.3 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 85%

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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 800 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	228x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	205x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	141x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	41x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	39x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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