MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.8% 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	116% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140416
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '21 at 13:16
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 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 (97^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 419 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1411 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 70.4 Reflection 65.5 Parallax 91.6 57% 75.8 fps	MRender 66.9 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 48.1 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 267GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 306 306 306 307 306 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 449 Mixed 444 SusWrite 318 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 60.3 197% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 129%
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95 7,250 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 217GB free Firmware: SN06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 52 52 53 52 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 95.3 Write 92.8 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 52 54% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 60%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 763GB free Firmware: AX0R SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 37.8 Write 40 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 41.2 26% 36.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 91% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 62%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA641 3TB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1TB free Firmware: MKAOA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 115 114 115 115 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 148 Write 140 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 114 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GR1600D364L11S/4G 0420 F3-1866C9-4GAB 0793 GR1600D364L11S/4G 0420 F3-1866C9-4GAB 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1867, 1600, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 17.7 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.2 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97-G43 (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 805 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $80Bench 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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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) $37	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