MSI H87M-G43 (MS-7823)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.7% 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	51.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7823
Motherboard	MSI H87M-G43 (MS-7823) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150530
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '17 at 10:28
Run Duration	322 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 227 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 627 68% 537 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 119 Parallax 107 94% 114 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 105 Splatting 96.3 81% 99.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 84 162614181 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 96387656081257 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1131 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 16 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 162614181 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 162614181 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 162614181 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20768 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19705 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19705 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20331	51.2% Above average	Read 187 Write 106 Mixed 124 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 13.8 114% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 29.2 44% 81.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 61%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 978GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 152459552 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 300 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49918538 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8679 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 313 (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 66 54 638779426 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25202 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 68719476770 (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 62749472199391 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19083138530 (F2) Unknown 100 253 490003626876	80.8% Excellent	Read 123 Write 158 Mixed 120 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 5.43 4K Mixed 0.58 193% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 108%
General USB Flash Disk 4GB 880 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 8003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	4.24% Terrible	Read 15 Write 4.43 Mixed 6.56 9% 8.68 MB/s	4K Read 4.35 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 17% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.24% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 174 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.9% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 16.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 19.4 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 64%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: MSI H87M-G43 (MS-7823)

CPU
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	24x
Core i5-4430Intel $124Bench 65%, 24,837 samples	22x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	20x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	17x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	16x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x

SSD
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	13x
MX500 500GBCrucial $55Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	13x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x

RAM
M378B5173DB0-CK0 Kingston 99U5584-001.A00LF Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 Kingston 99U5584-001.A00LF 16GBSamsungBench 59%, 10 samples	7x
Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 Hynix HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 1321 32GBUnknownBench 58%, 7 samples	6x
9905584-015.A00LF 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 105 samples	5x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $199

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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