MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.6% 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	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	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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140723
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '18 at 20:38
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (57^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)	75.4% Very good	Memory 96.8 1-Core 91.3 2-Core 187 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 322 42% 317 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 68.2 Reflection 62.4 Parallax 91.9 56% 74.2 fps	MRender 62.3 Gravity 56.3 Splatting 80.3 56% 66.3 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 346GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896829625 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 243 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25749 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 237 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 283 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 283 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 240518692901 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	72.5% Very good	Read 134 Write 119 Mixed 115 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.15 62% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 107%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 316GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 36 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 45258 (C2) HDA temperature 107 98 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 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83.9% Excellent	Read 145 Write 147 Mixed 136 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.28 131% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 221GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 38 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15515 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7032 (C2) HDA temperature 106 94 37 (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	44.6% Average	Read 98.7 Write 56.6 Mixed 90.9 62% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.12 59% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 108%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 3,868 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 494GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	34% Below average	Read 99.5 Write 75.2 Mixed 63.4 96% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.16 42% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 28.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 24.1 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 91%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	399x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	206x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	142x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	91x

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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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $475

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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