MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.04% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	72.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '17 at 19:38
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 214 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 392 51% 384 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Nvidia(10DE 0973) 1GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.04% Terrible	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 9.15 Parallax 11.6 8% 10.3 fps	MRender 13.4 Gravity 12 Splatting 12.9 10% 12.8 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.04% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 54436629 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 15882789065489 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1371 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 32 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 35 68721770524 (C2) HDA temperature 28 35 68721770524 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 54436629 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 54436629 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 54436629 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9060 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6453 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6453 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9347	72.7% Very good	Read 470 Write 186 Mixed 261 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 17.3 117% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 54 80% 148 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 87%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 384GB free Firmware: LC15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 58590880 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4611 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 34696844676 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18592 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 12 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4244 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 73015624782 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 2100 (BE) vendor-specific 66 43 404332412962 (C2) HDA temperature 34 57 55834574882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 30 58590880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	47.5% Average	Read 83 Write 82.5 Mixed 84.9 63% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.34 91% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.7% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 9.8 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 90%

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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 $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