MSI Z87M-G43 (MS-7823)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 56%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7823
Motherboard	MSI Z87M-G43 (MS-7823) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '18 at 13:57
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	56% Above average	Memory 74.1 1-Core 26.2 2-Core 50.6 36% 50.3 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 372 35% 289 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7790 8,590 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 2269) 1GB CLim: 1075 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 31.2 21% 28.9 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 23.4 Splatting 31.7 23% 27.4 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 8 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 70 61 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 203823175	64.5% Good	Read 493 Write 404 Mixed 416 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 21.5 4K Mixed 10.7 58% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 11.4 25% 49.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 134%
WD Se 2TB (2013)-$74 2,177 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 164 6508 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16358 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30140 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 694 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16320 (C2) HDA temperature 130 95 20 (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	94% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 155 Mixed 148 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.24 109% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 93%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2158 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 122 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1084 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 116 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 16 (C2) HDA temperature 121 103 22 (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	105% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 197 Mixed 160 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.37 140% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 552GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 43 10139 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17727 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8106 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1895 (B5) Unknown 100 100 139114 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1267 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 51 210454052882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 87 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 17759	40.7% Average	Read 113 Write 29.6 Mixed 61.9 51% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.39 66% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 72%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 220GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 153 5216 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16279 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4446 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4446 (C2) HDA temperature 122 87 25 (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	39.8% Below average	Read 72.3 Write 65.9 Mixed 67.7 52% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.46 122% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 8,818 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.7% Poor	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 8.5 27% 9.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 7 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 92.2 43% 92.2 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 34%

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

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Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI Z87M-G43 (MS-7823)

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	35x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	28x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	16x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	18x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	12x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	11x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	7x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	7x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	5x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $171

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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