MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.3% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '17 at 07:51
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 450 60% 451 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Asus(1043 8405) 2GB CLim: 1359 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Lighting 39.7 Reflection 36.2 Parallax 51.4 32% 42.4 fps	MRender 49 Gravity 44.4 Splatting 36.7 35% 43.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM22.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 631 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 398 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 625 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327697 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1186	80.3% Excellent	Read 495 Write 446 Mixed 479 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 12.9 68% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 59.8 111% 218 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 102%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 169 3941 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5603 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5006 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4381 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15774 (C2) HDA temperature 119 112 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	72.6% Very good	Read 124 Write 128 Mixed 121 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.29 109% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 884GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 68 67 9808 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4729 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6343 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4598 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1148 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 214749413404 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 24 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 78869	82.4% Excellent	Read 120 Write 167 Mixed 112 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.56 127% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-13-13 D3-2400 2x4GB 202 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.4 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 24.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 84%

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Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	400x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	206x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	93x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	92x

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: 60% - Good

Total price: $624

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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