MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '21 at 19:39
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 472 65% 482 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 82.8 Parallax 76.6 66% 80 fps	MRender 77 Gravity 79 Splatting 74.1 63% 76.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 174 50 56 69 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 456 Write 368 Mixed 380 SusWrite 105 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 12.9 4K Mixed 1 49% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 23.2 DQ Mixed 36.3 44% 82.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 86%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 96GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 95 95 97 97 96 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	55% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 88.6 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 95.1 64% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 175% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 73%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 64GB 3,373 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 4GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 17 20 22 25 25 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 142 Write 5.5 Mixed 24.4 SusWrite 20.1 43% 47.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 3.7 256% 4.5 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2X4G64CB8HG5N-DG 2x4GB 1,719 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 21.4 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 23.7 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	27"	1280 720	ACI27A1 VS278

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Typical Z97-G43 (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 799 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16