MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '17 at 06:07
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4130-$41 49,509 User benchmarks, average bench 52% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 96.1 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 174 74% 123 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 264 35% 262 Pts	64-Core 262 16% 262 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Zotac(19DA 2438) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2132 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 74.5 Reflection 72.9 Parallax 63.8 61% 70.4 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 73.5 60% 74 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th 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 100 100 693 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 599 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 97 (A3) Unknown 100 100 33 (A4) Unknown 100 100 62007 (A5) Unknown 100 100 87 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 19 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 120991 (F2) Unknown 100 100 182678 (F5) Unknown 100 100 124014	69.6% Good	Read 491 Write 253 Mixed 269 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 17.7 111% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 41.8 DQ Write 61.5 DQ Mixed 18 23% 40.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 325GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 197 193 47114 (03) Spinup time 170 167 2491 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2664 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7782 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1639 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 344 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2341 (C2) HDA temperature 119 95 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 310 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 199 316 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 339	88.6% Excellent	Read 161 Write 148 Mixed 141 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.13 85% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 109%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 311GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 136 6058 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1548 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10701 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 822 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1537 (C2) HDA temperature 118 92 29 (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	43.7% Average	Read 78.9 Write 73 Mixed 75.4 57% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.35 95% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 2x4GB 2,099 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 23.8 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 64%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 43%

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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	209x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	94x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	93x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $491

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16