MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.2% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 07:59
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 508 67% 505 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1951 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 70.9 67% 77 fps	MRender 82.1 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 63.3 59% 73.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM001B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 3547 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2701 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 349 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5308564 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 459 (C2) HDA temperature 70 64 154620067870 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9812 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7645 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8366 (F4) Unknown 100 100 81 (F5) Unknown 100 100 148 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2815744	85.2% Excellent	Read 523 Write 423 Mixed 39.7 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 13.4 124% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32.5 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 13 29% 56.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 512GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4834 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7328 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4552 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 471138332 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 551 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4282 (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	87.6% Excellent	Read 188 Write 117 Mixed 138 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.2 87% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1339DS1S00. Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 1315 BLS4G3D1339DS1S00. Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1200, 1200, 1200, 1200 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.5% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 23.8 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 74%

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Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	401x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	211x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	144x

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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $487

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16