MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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	3.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140723
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '17 at 14:24
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 418 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7816) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.94% Terrible	Lighting 3.87 Reflection 6.69 Parallax 6.69 3% 5.75 fps	MRender 9.19 Gravity 2.57 Splatting 8 6% 6.59 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.94% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8063 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1655 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 128 (AE) Unknown 100 100 247 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 62 163208757280 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 24689287043 (F7) Unknown 100 100 780504862 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1240759524
Poor: 57% Great: 91%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 571GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 296 Write 276 Mixed 221 198% 264 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 3.48 4K Mixed 0.54 163% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 123%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 176 Write 162 Mixed 134 198% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.27 105% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 1315 BLT4G3D1337DT1TX0. 1315 BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 1315 BLT4G3D1337DT1TX0. 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.7% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 53%

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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 $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 $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: 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 $133	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