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MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 13:36
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	MAR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 215 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 580 61% 491 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1643 MHz, MLim: 2009 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 79.6 Parallax 71.6 62% 75.6 fps	MRender 83.1 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 63.5 58% 72.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2138 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1993 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 149 149 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 604 (C2) HDA temperature 73 53 201864249371 (F1) Unknown 100 100 154791	75.5% Very good	Read 504 Write 343 Mixed 352 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 9.93 81% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 47 92% 188 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 95%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3FD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 126 126 51573686900 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1784 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1886 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1552 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3772 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3772 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 257698889755 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70.3% Very good	Read 116 Write 129 Mixed 116 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.41 103% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 196GB free Firmware: HP40 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 115 99 88525043 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4019 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 236083330 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8457 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1984 (B4) Unknown 100 100 243836744 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 605487132 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 68719476764 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 24 88525043 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6	68.4% Good	Read 124 Write 115 Mixed 109 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.61 126% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 68%
ST380815 AS 80GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 74GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 40.5 Write 41.2 Mixed 39.7 52% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.35 64% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 10.7 34% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.4 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 40%

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Typical Z97-G43 (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 841 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	240x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	211x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	93x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	149x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	62x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	59x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	41x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	36x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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