MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131203
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 01:12
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 623 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 137 Parallax 118 98% 125 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 121 Splatting 104 88% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 231511631 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 25541 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 645324366 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20794 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2473 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 253 (BD) vendor-specific 79 79 21 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 521076765 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 34359738397 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 24 231511631 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	51.5% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 82.4 Mixed 85 66% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.31 71% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 49GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 134218429 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3958 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 262073240929 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1722 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 46 521207837 (C2) HDA temperature 29 54 38654705693 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 23 134218429 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -45951855084385 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3152968842 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2684104492	53% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 95 Mixed 101 72% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.38 76% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3160023AS 160GB-$24 4,798 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 15GB free Firmware: 8.05 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 60 54 131818189 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8219 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 76219536 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28067 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3912 (C2) HDA temperature 39 61 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 54 131818189 (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	18.9% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 33 Mixed 32.6 25% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.26 67% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RMB4GB584CA3-13HC Kingston 9905403-442.A00LF 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.9% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 52%

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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 $179	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