MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '22 at 23:46
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 442 55% 421 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 3976); MSI Gaming X CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 130 Parallax 129 118% 134 fps	MRender 146 Gravity 101 Splatting 97.1 92% 115 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 345 352 344 345 306 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 347 Mixed 301 SusWrite 340 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 43.8 167% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 244 208% 303 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 129%
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 121GB free Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 299 298 299 299 299 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 686 Write 304 Mixed 304 SusWrite 299 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 40.4 203% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 596 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 255 242% 387 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 147%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 194GB free Firmware: SC11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 176 178 176 177 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 169 Mixed 72 SusWrite 176 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 189GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 86 85 87 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 81.3 Write 84.7 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 85.9 57% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX16LC9/8GX 2x8GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.5 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 64%

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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	88x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	143x
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	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	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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16