MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.8% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131127
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 29 '16 at 21:11
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 124 2-Core 255 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 673 71% 566 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1801.1001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Lighting 70 Reflection 62.3 Parallax 76.4 57% 69.6 fps	MRender 59.6 Gravity 53 Splatting 77.4 53% 63.4 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 294GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1907 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4003 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 487718939 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1834 (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	91.2% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 150 Mixed 131 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.32 107% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 109%
Maxtor 6V200E0 200GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 155GB free Firmware: VA111680 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 208 207 10117 (04) Start/Stop count 249 249 8507 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 249 231 33873 (09) Power-on hours count 166 166 30226 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 244 244 3663 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 47 521273367 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 253 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 634 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 249 249 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	29.4% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 62 Mixed 31.8 33% 44.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.24 97% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 38%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 176 174 6166 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2736 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41548 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2715 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 652 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2756 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 32 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.8% Below average	Read 64.1 Write 53.6 Mixed 32.8 37% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.29 80% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 51%
WD WD1600JD-22HBB0 160GB 2,425 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 10GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 1 38 (03) Spinup time 167 156 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14301 (05) Reallocated sector count 126 126 1182 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29710 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8859 (C2) HDA temperature 127 91 23 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 395 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 158 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 132 56 1786 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 3013 (C8) Write error rate 139 78 1978	11.8% Very poor	Read 3.77 Write 37 Mixed 33.8 19% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.38 92% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.8% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.53 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 8.3 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 63%

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

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Typical Z87-G43 (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 1,294 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

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