MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.4% 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	79.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 02:12
Run Duration	292 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 94.9 2-Core 192 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 366 49% 368 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% EVGA(3842 2686) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Lighting 40.4 Reflection 36.8 Parallax 49 33% 42 fps	MRender 49.7 Gravity 44.5 Splatting 34.8 34% 43 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 960GB-$48 5,902 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 789GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 87 87 639 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 95	79.7% Very good	Read 428 Write 431 Mixed 406 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 6.78 90% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 10.5 76% 173 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 658GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129418408 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11935 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 68188861 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6519 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 107946704929 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31392 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 -140737488355295 (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 -9109625629322 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11587419415 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9232605966	61.1% Good	Read 105 Write 108 Mixed 105 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.3 104% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 10GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	9.29% Terrible	Read 24.7 Write 5.66 Mixed 9.9 14% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 1.27 99% 2.54 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.29% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.1% Below average	MC Read 10 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 9.5 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	400x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	206x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	143x

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

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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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Total price: $624

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