MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	60.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	12 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '17 at 15:19
Run Duration	309 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 255 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 690 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 204 Parallax 200 148% 195 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 176 Splatting 126 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^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 11022 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2183 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 169 (AE) Unknown 100 100 39 (B5) Unknown 100 100 16789102791362 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 85 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	60.4% Good	Read 492 Write 189 Mixed 273 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 4.6 96% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 19.2 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 4.65 21% 45 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 72%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 22GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^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 100 100 734 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 587 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2604 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 58 180389675035 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3259272634 (F7) Unknown 100 100 101876395 (F8) Unknown 100 100 64021670	92% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 399 Mixed 415 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 31.7 134% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.1 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 57.3 68% 111 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 113%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 20GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7369 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1525 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 19 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 61 167503724570 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2108273208 (F7) Unknown 100 100 65913446 (F8) Unknown 100 100 80714387	75% Very good	Read 497 Write 136 Mixed 187 59% 273 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 26.4 128% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 38.3 70% 143 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 143GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 63 20021704 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 586 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3339176 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 586 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 64 454361114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 611 (C2) HDA temperature 26 16 68719476762 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 20021704 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 23536420788193 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2312762157 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3331683104	85.2% Excellent	Read 148 Write 150 Mixed 133 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.31 86% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 112%
Kingston DT microDuo 32GB 773 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 21GB free, PID 16a1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	6.17% Terrible	Read 22.3 Write 6.26 Mixed 7.94 12% 12.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.56 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.01 25% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.17% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 71%

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Gaming 42%

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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	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