MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.7% 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	58.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '17 at 22:42
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 680 72% 575 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 115 Parallax 98 87% 107 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 104 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 34922449 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -100545184393554 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1301 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 214 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 42 55837327394 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 55837327394 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 34922449 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 34922449 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 34922449 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5755 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4621 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4621 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8675	58.1% Above average	Read 426 Write 109 Mixed 142 49% 226 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 12.5 105% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 87.9 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 11.4 33% 70.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 60GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 6GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 17598290 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -55061480722782 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2471 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 258 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 76 51544588320 (C2) HDA temperature 32 76 51544588320 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17598290 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17598290 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17598290 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11852 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12799 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12799 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12982	37.4% Below average	Read 183 Write 64.6 Mixed 90.3 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 10.9 85% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 55.2 DQ Mixed 24.6 24% 36.6 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 80%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 868GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 174 4033 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4577 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15589 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3336 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 354 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4222 (C2) HDA temperature 106 99 41 (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	75.2% Very good	Read 130 Write 132 Mixed 128 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.35 112% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 74%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 479GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896829619 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 168 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 168 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 158915166244 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	94.1% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 151 Mixed 134 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.18 57% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-437.A01LF 2x4GB 703 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.2% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 7.7 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 8.8 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 64%

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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: 60% - Above average

Total price: $651

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