MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	30.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '18 at 11:22
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 86.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 224 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 431 58% 433 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.9% 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: 1555 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Lighting 74.2 Reflection 74.8 Parallax 67.2 60% 72.1 fps	MRender 79.2 Gravity 67.8 Splatting 58.9 55% 68.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9299 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1701 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 1 (AD) Unknown 100 100 247 (AE) Unknown 100 100 252 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 7249 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 823 (E8) Unknown 96 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1307 (F1) Unknown 100 100 30257043308 (F2) Unknown 100 100 53245862049	30.8% Below average	Read 448 Write 37.9 Mixed 61.1 39% 182 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 9.03 4K Mixed 4.66 34% 9.68 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 9.49 DQ Mixed 6.03 8% 14.5 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 56%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 7TB 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 200 200 272 (03) Spinup time 182 172 7866 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3275 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9051 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1305 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 496 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 114 114 258653 (C2) HDA temperature 123 111 29 (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 92	82.9% Excellent	Read 161 Write 128 Mixed 126 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.17 78% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 7TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 176 7850 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1895 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 818 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8098 (C2) HDA temperature 123 115 29 (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	85.3% Excellent	Read 158 Write 139 Mixed 134 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 69 (03) Spinup time 169 165 6550 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5000 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18944 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2644 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 403 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 129 129 213723 (C2) HDA temperature 119 88 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 197 197 985 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 198 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 3690 (C8) Write error rate 200 185 2	42.8% Average	Read 76.3 Write 72.5 Mixed 68.3 54% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.03 59% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 401GB free Firmware: CR10 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 71.8 Write 50.7 Mixed 50.2 43% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.34 88% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 85GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210413299 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5994 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 92329515 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22823 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3398 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BC) Unknown 100 93 274882232388 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 99 (BE) vendor-specific 63 38 13413804867621 (C2) HDA temperature 37 62 60129542181 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 26 210413299 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 142 39056 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -89275190193566 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2956983002 (F2) Unknown 100 253 635418599	38.6% Below average	Read 78.9 Write 55.2 Mixed 80.3 54% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.52 110% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 70%
WD WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 150GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 32GB free Firmware: 21.07QR5 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 163 4683 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6860 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3888 (C2) HDA temperature 113 84 34 (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 200 253 6463 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	30.6% Below average	Read 50.2 Write 55.8 Mixed 48.2 39% 51.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.44 114% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 1,941 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	47.9% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 54%

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Gaming 41%

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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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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 $46

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