MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.8% 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	89% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 11:48
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 94.8 1-Core 88.3 2-Core 186 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 347 46% 344 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3081) CLim: 1045 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Lighting 66.2 Reflection 59.3 Parallax 75.1 54% 66.9 fps	MRender 60.7 Gravity 55.1 Splatting 75.7 54% 63.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 256GB-$100 4,989 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231600 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 10390 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 953 (A6) Unknown 100 100 24 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 263 (A9) Unknown 100 100 433 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 133 (AE) Unknown 100 100 141 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 91 390842810404 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1067 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 34793 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12985 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16631 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	89% Excellent	Read 423 Write 389 Mixed 278 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 25 125% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 48.1 92% 186 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 299GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 167 4091 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3489 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13710 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 936 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 132 132 205654 (C2) HDA temperature 116 89 31 (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	50.2% Above average	Read 82.4 Write 92.4 Mixed 79.3 64% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.16 76% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 273GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 166 4333 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3858 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 937 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 405932 (C2) HDA temperature 117 93 30 (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	72.5% Very good	Read 137 Write 116 Mixed 118 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.24 83% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1869DT2TXRG 2x4GB 506 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 19.5 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 74%

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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 $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	167x
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 $113Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	24x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	22x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $657

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 $182	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) $30	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