MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93% 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	87.2% 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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '18 at 16:42
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 559 60% 478 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB; CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 120 Parallax 103 97% 114 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 107 Splatting 107 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6976 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2613 (B1) Unknown 96 96 82 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 44 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 43209182467	87.2% Excellent	Read 495 Write 401 Mixed 421 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 22.9 4K Mixed 31.9 90% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 105 138% 250 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 92GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4805 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4185 (B1) Unknown 96 96 44 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2609 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14208045016	72.7% Very good	Read 477 Write 336 Mixed 337 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 19.4 4K Mixed 16.6 67% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 62.6 108% 214 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 108%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 32GB-$5 2,740 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 27GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 41.4 Write 13.7 Mixed 18.4 26% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.89 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.04 25% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 34%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	7.87% Terrible	Read 29.7 Write 10.8 Mixed 11.2 18% 17.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.99 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 19% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.87% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.9% 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	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