MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.5% 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	66.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '18 at 14:32
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 225 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 439 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 228F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.5% Average	Lighting 53.7 Reflection 54.7 Parallax 57.6 44% 55.4 fps	MRender 61.3 Gravity 55.4 Splatting 78.3 55% 65 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Triactor 480GB-$150 1,840 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 60GB free Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 227 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 917 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 42 (A3) Unknown 100 100 726 (94) Unknown 100 100 48692 (95) Unknown 100 100 699 (96) Unknown 100 100 500 (97) Unknown 100 100 658 (A4) Unknown 100 100 19406 (A5) Unknown 100 100 67 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35309498728473 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 134045 (F2) Unknown 100 100 145259 (F5) Unknown 100 100 229233 (F6) Unknown 100 100 194768 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77% Very good	Read 492 Write 243 Mixed 263 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 24.7 108% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 46.7 83% 166 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 99%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13926 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2931 (B1) Unknown 87 87 151 (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 69 45 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 284 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28831134159	66.8% Good	Read 502 Write 128 Mixed 176 58% 269 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 10.3 103% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 28.1 72% 158 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 167667880 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4832 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 52353458 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11471 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2180 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 45 13523943460 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 86799 (C2) HDA temperature 36 55 -140737488355292 (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 -13834089654201 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42820131493 (F2) Unknown 100 253 45997357260	103% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 173 Mixed 171 133% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.32 88% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 155GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 253 168 1100 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7552 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4241 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 489 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 144 144 168679 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 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 200 199 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.3% Good	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 90.9 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 63%

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 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.2 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $127Bench 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 $130Bench 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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $540

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 $182	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) $30	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