MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.91% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	88.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 10:15
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3-$200 2,511 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 108 2-Core 219 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 580 61% 488 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5830 2,946 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 9.12.0.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	6.91% Terrible	Lighting 9.23 Reflection 6.54 Parallax 8.22 8% 8 fps	MRender 5.95 Gravity 6.77 Splatting 7.83 6% 6.85 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 6.91% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC8110C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2286 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 230114 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1696 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1013247 (F2) Unknown 100 100 629591	88.2% Excellent	Read 481 Write 415 Mixed 426 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 26.2 112% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 78.1 98% 174 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 101%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 878GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 198 0 (03) Spinup time 181 179 5916 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1546 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1359 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 130 130 210842 (C2) HDA temperature 120 101 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 196 123 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 65 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 197 115	46.7% Average	Read 90.6 Write 71.9 Mixed 77.1 60% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 380GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 150 3665 (03) Spinup time 168 163 6558 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8926 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 29100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5177 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1093 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 24 24 530873 (C2) HDA temperature 120 91 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 4	44.4% Average	Read 79.4 Write 75.2 Mixed 2.73 38% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.18 67% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 59%
Adata DashDrive UV150 USB 3.0 32GB-$15 1,414 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 5GB free, PID dc1a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 108 Write 39.6 Mixed 20.9 56% 56.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.98 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 1.14 117% 3.51 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 76%

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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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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