MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	42.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 09:30
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 698 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 1B82) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 139 Parallax 119 107% 130 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 125 Splatting 105 90% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata S510 120GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 15689330 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 43671227486233 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2391 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 301 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 51542949916 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15689330 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15689330 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15689330 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 32006 (EA) Unknown 0 0 29071 (F1) Unknown 0 0 29071 (F2) Unknown 0 0 31970	42.1% Average	Read 187 Write 85.8 Mixed 112 28% 128 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 11.9 94% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 20.5 DQ Write 84.8 DQ Mixed 29.4 29% 44.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 79%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 166 6583 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1613 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5446 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1192 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12481 (C2) HDA temperature 118 98 32 (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	77.7% Very good	Read 136 Write 134 Mixed 123 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.25 96% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 101%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 168 4433 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1668 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 916 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7899 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.9% Very good	Read 142 Write 123 Mixed 112 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.29 112% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.7% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 16.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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	142x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	91x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $475

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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