MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.1% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '17 at 08:13
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 517 69% 516 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.5% 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: 1976 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 70.6 66% 76.7 fps	MRender 82.5 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 61.4 58% 72.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^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 1908 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1430 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 349 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3145848 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 255 (C2) HDA temperature 71 66 146030133277 (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 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5576 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4146 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4508 (F4) Unknown 100 100 48 (F5) Unknown 100 100 120 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1674240	88.1% Excellent	Read 511 Write 341 Mixed 455 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 13.3 114% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 11.4 95% 221 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 254GB free Firmware: 1A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3535 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5671 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3296 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 454426651 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 353 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3181 (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	76.9% Very good	Read 144 Write 124 Mixed 123 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.21 91% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.9% 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	71.7% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 23 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 74%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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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	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 $279	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