MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


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 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.3% 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	98.2% 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 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131127
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '17 at 12:44
Run Duration	370 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 233 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 421 56% 419 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 62.6 56% 66.6 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 55.7 52% 64 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 238GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14373 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1692 (B1) Unknown 98 98 16 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 64 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 205 (F1) Unknown 99 99 41484863045	98.2% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 349 Mixed 358 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 30.2 145% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 105 132% 238 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 141GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 135043336 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2471 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 91267113 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15135 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1887 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 73 68 21945974811 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 35 35 131789 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 -140737488355301 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 75217762262421 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40890335488 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41340967851	98.3% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 177 Mixed 153 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.24 77% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 112%
USB DISK Pro 4GB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 4123 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	3.85% Terrible	Read 13.6 Write 2.86 Mixed 4.44 7% 6.96 MB/s	4K Read 5.27 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 20% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,755 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	67.3% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 21.9 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20.5 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 73%

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) - $217

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	399x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	206x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	142x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	91x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	44x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	43x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	34x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	32x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	27x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $475

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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