MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.8% 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	76% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140416
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '16 at 19:09
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 225 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 405 53% 399 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PowerColor(148C 3001) 3GB CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.9.2 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.8% Below average	Lighting 42.7 Reflection 28.5 Parallax 53.1 35% 41.4 fps	MRender 27.9 Gravity 41.7 Splatting 35.6 29% 35.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 9119 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1250 (A6) Unknown 100 100 38 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 248 (A9) Unknown 100 100 349 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 133 (AE) Unknown 100 100 105 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 50 214749610014 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1067 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 34896 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11667 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10934 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	76% Very good	Read 399 Write 250 Mixed 276 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 23.2 118% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 46.1 82% 163 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 99%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 306GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 168 4425 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5308 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 21969 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3158 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5172 (C2) HDA temperature 116 97 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 36	49.4% Average	Read 93.9 Write 78 Mixed 78.8 63% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.41 112% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 65%
Samsung HD300LJ 300GB-$25 1,072 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 104GB free Firmware: ZT100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8000 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17524 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12592 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4971 (BE) vendor-specific 71 42 29 (C2) HDA temperature 151 64 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 98461 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	24.1% Poor	Read 42.3 Write 41.3 Mixed 38.8 31% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.39 94% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 34%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 76GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 91 32640960 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10890 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 86545352408 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5606 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 35 232399699996 (C2) HDA temperature 28 65 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 52 161063524 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.7% Average	Read 75 Write 73.5 Mixed 66.5 54% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.43 103% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 43%
SAMSUNG HD103SI 1TB 405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 754GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 35.6 Write 37.5 Mixed 35.9 47% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.36 63% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 16GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.2% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 63%

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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	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 $75Bench 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) $31	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