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MSI Z97-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '24 at 20:38
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$115 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 192 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 557 55% 449 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$237 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 555.99 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 195 Parallax 188 144% 187 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 184 Splatting 130 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 321 298 324 326 305 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 468 Write 323 Mixed 219 SusWrite 314 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 33.4 122% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 189 179% 279 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$18 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 458GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 129 129 130 129 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 127 Write 130 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 130 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$24 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: 06.01D06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 126 118 110 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 128 Write 123 Mixed 74.9 SusWrite 120 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 69%
WD Re 2TB (2012)-$30 5,893 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 934GB free Firmware: 01.01K03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 128 127 127 129 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 157 Write 148 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 128 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.C1GET.AU10C 2x8GB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.1 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 62%

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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: 0P 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	22	2	60	23"	1920 1017	ACR0387 S236HL

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Typical Z97-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 164 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 GAMING (MS-7816)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	52x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	31x
Core i5-4670KIntel $100Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	18x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	23x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	19x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
S3 1T00 1TBSandiskBench 95%, 12,396 samples	6x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	7x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	6x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $633

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