MSI Z87M-G43 (MS-7823)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	121% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7823
Motherboard	MSI Z87M-G43 (MS-7823) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150530
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 02:22
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 135 2-Core 256 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 689 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1610 MHz, MLim: 2009 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 124 Parallax 114 95% 118 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 108 Splatting 101 85% 104 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TEAML5Lite3D480G 480GB 4,595 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 411 427 430 439 437 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 467 Mixed 434 SusWrite 425 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 55.5 186% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 107 152% 281 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 127%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 148 151 147 147 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 150 Mixed 90 SusWrite 147 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 97%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 254GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 163 165 163 165 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 167 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 164 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 108%
SABRENT 1TB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 99GB free Firmware: 4102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 110 110 108 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 87.8 Mixed 77 SusWrite 109 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 20.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 24.3 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87M-G43 (MS-7823)

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	35x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	28x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	16x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	18x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	12x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	11x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	7x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	7x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	5x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $186

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