MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.9% 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	47.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130923
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 21:04
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (54^th 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 3.5 GHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 197 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 405 42% 338 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 358.91 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 48 Reflection 46.8 Parallax 45.4 39% 46.7 fps	MRender 41.1 Gravity 41.6 Splatting 37.7 33% 40.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 10918 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1501 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 271 (A9) Unknown 100 100 151 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 162 (AE) Unknown 100 100 61 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 39 167505100839 (D4) Unknown 100 100 487 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1320 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 21099 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7096 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8138 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	47.7% Average	Read 390 Write 102 Mixed 148 46% 213 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 10.6 84% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 16.3 DQ Write 72.7 DQ Mixed 17 21% 35.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 91%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 387GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 83 140467972 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13938 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 55 554446637291 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20994 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5066 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 51 640024614 (C2) HDA temperature 38 49 73014444070 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 65 55 18739847 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	30.1% Below average	Read 58.8 Write 45.8 Mixed 52.2 39% 52.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.19 54% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 42%
WD WD2500JD-00HBB0 250GB-$140 3,296 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 166GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 129 124 6083 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6441 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13886 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3279 (C2) HDA temperature 114 95 36 (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 200 253 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	31.9% Below average	Read 53.5 Write 57.4 Mixed 45.5 39% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.39 103% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 33%
Seagate ST3250820ACE 250GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 56GB free Firmware: 3.ACD Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 99 3594352 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8111 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 227064159 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15589 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4419 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 47 773914670 (C2) HDA temperature 46 53 77309411374 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 65 57 112607826 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34% Below average	Read 62.7 Write 55.7 Mixed 40.8 40% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.34 72% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 16.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	401x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	210x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	94x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	93x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $462

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16