MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.8% 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	118% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '17 at 13:31
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 198 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 378 50% 377 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Lighting 23.5 Reflection 17.9 Parallax 21.4 19% 20.9 fps	MRender 25.9 Gravity 24.1 Splatting 17.7 18% 22.6 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-128S2C 128GB 226 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 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 100 100 482 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 377 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 28 (AE) Unknown 100 100 40 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 82 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5036 (F1) Unknown 100 100 71784 (F2) Unknown 100 100 81919	118% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 450 Mixed 462 107% 478 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 47.4 187% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 69.6 108% 209 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 108%
Seagate ST1500LM 006 HN-M151RAD 1.5TB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 926GB free Firmware: 2BC1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 90 3050 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1298 (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 2017 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1264 (B5) Unknown 100 100 14340068 (B7) Unknown 252 252 0 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 252 252 0 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 197568954398 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4889 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 55216 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197568954398 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1959	65.1% Good	Read 110 Write 118 Mixed 122 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.32 76% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 65%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 546GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 736 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1805 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 684 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 649 (C2) HDA temperature 107 96 36 (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 0	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 179 Mixed 159 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.26 97% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
USB DISK 3.0 16GB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 5GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	9.85% Terrible	Read 41.4 Write 8.47 Mixed 12.2 20% 20.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.06 33% 2.61 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.85% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 2x4GB 3,884 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 59%

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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	229x
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 $90Bench 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 $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16