MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.5% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '16 at 10:11
Run Duration	406 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 205 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 377 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.9% Good	Lighting 82.7 Reflection 84.9 Parallax 75.5 67% 81 fps	MRender 79.3 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 68.6 60% 74.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231600 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4069 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 635 (A6) Unknown 100 100 18 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 238 (A9) Unknown 100 100 204 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 119 (AE) Unknown 100 100 90 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 39 167504445466 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 864 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 15536 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5008 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8275 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	67.5% Good	Read 358 Write 117 Mixed 183 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 19.5 124% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 44.7 81% 165 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 89%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 709GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1500 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4191 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 615 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1435 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	92% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 161 Mixed 136 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.3 123% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 109%
General USB Flash Disk 4GB 542 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 800e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	3.22% Terrible	Read 11.3 Write 2.47 Mixed 5.37 7% 6.39 MB/s	4K Read 4.34 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.004 16% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.22% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 1x8GB 335 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 11.3 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 12.6 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 40%

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 30%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	168x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	87x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	58x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	42x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x

SSD
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $107Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	24x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	22x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	29x
RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 6,575 samples	16x
AM2L16BC4R1-B0ES 0420 0420 AM2L16BC4R1-B0ES 0420 16GBUnknownBench 56%, 13 samples	11x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $585

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 $178	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