MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	59.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (39%). 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	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140703
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 21:00
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 530 57% 452 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 59GB free Firmware: CXM05H1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11760 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2160 (AA) Unknown 94 94 1900 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 235 (AE) Unknown 99 99 248 (B7) Unknown 99 99 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 31 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 201 201 0	73.6% Very good	Read 479 Write 304 Mixed 378 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 63.1 4K Mixed 19.9 94% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 82 DQ Mixed 63.4 76% 138 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 73%
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM05H1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16673 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2633 (AA) Unknown 95 95 1924 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 74 74 941 (AE) Unknown 99 99 477 (B7) Unknown 99 99 209 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 40 32 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4	59.8% Above average	Read 460 Write 147 Mixed 257 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 17.9 84% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 63.3 DQ Mixed 48.3 65% 125 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 11GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 40534611 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 8040178791669 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2142 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 342 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 48 1009320460318 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 1009320460318 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 40534611 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 40534611 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 40534611 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8795 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5312 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5312 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7140	62.2% Good	Read 452 Write 121 Mixed 164 53% 246 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 15.8 112% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 83.8 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 28.9 42% 76.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 73%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 584GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 71 71 9410 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8399 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 21 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2865 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 62 386727959 (C2) HDA temperature 76 61 403505176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3082016 (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 99 99 2167 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	40% Below average	Read 71.2 Write 68.1 Mixed 91 58% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.32 66% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 63%

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Typical Z87-G43 (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 1,292 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	400x
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 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	92x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 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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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $475

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 $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 $40	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