MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130923
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '15 at 20:50
Run Duration	343 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570S 11,172 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 189 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 325 47% 344 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Gigabyte(1458 226C) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Lighting 32.8 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 42.1 27% 35.1 fps	MRender 27.3 Gravity 28.3 Splatting 35.7 26% 30.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^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 1903 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 672 (A2) Unknown 100 100 166 (AA) Unknown 100 100 206 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3211388 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3508 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5220	62.8% Good	Read 503 Write 187 Mixed 273 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 9.83 87% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 27.6 55% 110 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 84%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 320GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 112 103 7366 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6118 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10253 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1207 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 54461 (C2) HDA temperature 119 102 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40% Below average	Read 67.8 Write 71.4 Mixed 75.2 54% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.33 85% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 57%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 49GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 168 2566 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 681 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1936 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 654 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 643 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 26 (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	78.4% Very good	Read 141 Write 131 Mixed 130 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.35 140% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 108%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power4G 4GB 174 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	6.12% Terrible	Read 23.7 Write 4.78 Mixed 6.46 11% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.88 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.01 26% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.12% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 20 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 61%

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 29%

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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	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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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $559

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