MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


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 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.95% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '16 at 23:01
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i5-4670T 675 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 181 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 339 46% 340 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 2304) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	3.95% Terrible	Lighting 4.83 Reflection 5.73 Parallax 3.97 4% 4.84 fps	MRender 6.71 Gravity 5.07 Splatting 3.48 4% 5.09 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.95% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 155 (A3) Unknown 100 100 10 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3754 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 65 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4313 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3116 (F5) Unknown 100 100 7508	80.8% Excellent	Read 498 Write 196 Mixed 282 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 35.1 125% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 67.6 94% 175 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 90%
Adata SP800 32GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 2GB free Firmware: 5.0.6c Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 55938633236 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 33045478400457 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 18 (B1) Unknown 0 0 14 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 35 128851312670 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 55938633236 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 55938633236 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 55938633236 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 85 85 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18539 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11846 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11846 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2988	20.3% Poor	Read 197 Write 31.3 Mixed 52.7 20% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 7.53 4K Mixed 6.9 36% 9.81 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 39%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 276GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 178668067 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 562 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 278246465 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 42638 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 561 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 78 163211247655 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 48 723779626 (C2) HDA temperature 42 52 55834574890 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 18 178668067 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 179 5056 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 39629663284335 (F1) Unknown 100 253 915913837 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3204070392	58.8% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 114 Mixed 87.4 73% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.41 93% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 99GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 86 9124401 (03) Spinup time 90 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1309 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 90 51 981379754 (09) Power-on hours count 26 26 65038 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1447 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 137 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 40 305767579695 (C2) HDA temperature 47 60 60129542191 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 58 189850510 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1428 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34.5% Below average	Read 54.6 Write 65.6 Mixed 43.2 41% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.31 82% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 43%
Hitachi HTS722020K9SA00 200GB-$35 231 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 76GB free Firmware: DC4OC50P Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1958 (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 1 1 46266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1925 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 243 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1178349 (C2) HDA temperature 144 144 274878890022 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8095 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	25.1% Poor	Read 36.8 Write 50.5 Mixed 36.9 31% 41.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.23 54% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 17.3 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 62%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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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 $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 $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