MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

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System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '17 at 08:55
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 220 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 360 44% 334 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 144 Parallax 124 110% 134 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 129 Splatting 107 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 480GB-$419 593 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 16250949 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -14379550495839 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 983 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 200 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 54 81607917599 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16250949 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16250949 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16250949 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 26272 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17032 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17032 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17798	49.5% Average	Read 337 Write 200 Mixed 205 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 26.4 4K Mixed 13.9 70% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 33.9 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 7.4 24% 48.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 71%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 43GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 260 (03) Spinup time 190 188 3466 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7689 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31446 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1652 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 413527 (C2) HDA temperature 116 92 27 (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	42.7% Average	Read 75.2 Write 73.5 Mixed 71.3 55% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.31 83% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 54%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1TB 4,921 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 40GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 41 Write 38.9 Mixed 37.3 50% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMX4GX3M1A1600C11 0215 CMX4GX3M1A1600C11 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 12.2 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.7 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 39%

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	167x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	87x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	58x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	42x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x

SSD
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $113Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	24x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	22x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	29x
RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 6,575 samples	16x
AM2L16BC4R1-B0ES 0420 0420 AM2L16BC4R1-B0ES 0420 16GBUnknownBench 56%, 13 samples	11x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $592

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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