MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	34.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 09:58
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (83^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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 532 71% 531 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 1401) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.5% Below average	Lighting 44.6 Reflection 44 Parallax 39.3 36% 42.6 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 40 Splatting 35.2 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 962 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1501 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 65 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 53754 (A5) Unknown 100 100 105 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 50 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 7 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 66736 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 247619 (F2) Unknown 100 100 315925 (F5) Unknown 100 100 430032	94.7% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 321 Mixed 422 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 37.8 144% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 63.9 101% 190 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 103%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4306 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1133 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 5701 (0A) Spinup retry count 122 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1133 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 15 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5635 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 197569282080 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 91 91 3902 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 203 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	86.9% Excellent	Read 154 Write 149 Mixed 147 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.72 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.33 149% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 104%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 216GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 65538 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 140 (03) Spinup time 114 114 21496922449 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5905 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 36142 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3674 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 19981 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 19981 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 257698758690 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 535	47.8% Average	Read 83.5 Write 83.1 Mixed 74.2 60% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.32 86% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 1,780 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2000 MHz clocked @ 2601 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 30.2 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 27.5 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 80%

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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	228x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	204x
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	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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