MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '16 at 14:09
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	16%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 133 2-Core 273 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 528 69% 516 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 851A) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 65.2 Reflection 67 Parallax 60.1 53% 64.1 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 60.9 Splatting 51.7 49% 61.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 512GB-$205 1,585 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: N111 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^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 100 100 140 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 243 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4445 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 271 (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 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 44426 (F2) Unknown 100 100 49011 (F5) Unknown 100 100 71120	111% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 433 Mixed 458 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 39.9 173% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 64.7 103% 196 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 105%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 699GB free Firmware: 1AA0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 17 0 (03) Spinup time 77 77 7870 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5377 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 22016 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 3 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5126 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 17 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 150 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 11897 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 54 420479001 (C2) HDA temperature 71 52 537919517 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 815173 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 57 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	52.6% Above average	Read 85.6 Write 97 Mixed 110 74% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.58 146% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 60%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 271GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2 (C2) HDA temperature 113 108 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	74.2% Very good	Read 128 Write 130 Mixed 128 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.37 147% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 109%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 143GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 27 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 83 81 5445 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2883 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13424 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2912 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 626 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214749347871 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 477 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 25 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3139	53% Above average	Read 85.9 Write 98.6 Mixed 79.6 66% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.39 97% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 30.5 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 29.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 46.1 87% 46.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 91%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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