MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.9% 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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 04:49
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	PAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 216 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 588 59% 478 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6171) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 95.5 Reflection 106 Parallax 100 78% 101 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 87.5 Splatting 93.3 75% 91.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6744 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1116 (B1) Unknown 96 96 73 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 52 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33623055897	97.9% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 400 Mixed 411 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 39.5 142% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 93.9 104% 177 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 442GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 139478768 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1146 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42780408 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1144 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 62 57 689831974 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 36262 (C2) HDA temperature 38 43 103079215142 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -104844446658933 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24520916312 (F2) Unknown 100 253 270757859996	82.5% Excellent	Read 149 Write 139 Mixed 112 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 114%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 323GB free Firmware: GR2OA3E0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 227 227 12884901888 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 762 (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 91 91 4083 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 728 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 11735 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 201864970272 (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 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	49.5% Average	Read 87.4 Write 84.9 Mixed 82.4 64% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.18 71% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 58%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 286GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 129 129 12896567474 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2115 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9231 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1599 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2251 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2251 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 214750003238 (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 200 200 0	79.9% Very good	Read 138 Write 141 Mixed 115 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 215GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 237090568 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 598 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19934482 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3573 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 598 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 61 55 673054759 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22334 (C2) HDA temperature 39 45 103079215143 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 129815386523784 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10462955565 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41419971771	72.4% Very good	Read 135 Write 117 Mixed 104 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 114%
ST310005 28AS 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 479GB free, PID 2775 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 79.5 Write 92.3 Mixed 69.8 104% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.32 53% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 44%
MAXTOR S TM3320613AS 320GB 159GB free, PID 2775 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.2% Below average	Read 93.4 Write 92.2 Mixed 70.4 108% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.45 78% 0.96 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.8% Below average	MC Read 10 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 8.9 28% 9.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 63%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 30%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	170x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	88x
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	42x

SSD
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $80Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	24x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	22x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	19x

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: 62% - Good

Total price: $559

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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