MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	94.9% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	15.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '18 at 09:52
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (52^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 232 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 454 61% 454 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.4% 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. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 36230 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 278 (B1) Unknown 93 93 79 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 66 46 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 110 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30624748646	94.9% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 351 Mixed 339 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 25.2 140% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 56 104% 211 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 425GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 172 2016 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 72 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4531 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 705 (C2) HDA temperature 113 109 30 (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	71.3% Very good	Read 168 Write 80.3 Mixed 130 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.18 77% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 109GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 198 106874 (03) Spinup time 162 150 4883 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4402 (05) Reallocated sector count 193 193 51 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 12 12 64832 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 620 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 308 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4405 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 37 (C4) Reallocation count 164 164 36 (C5) Current pending sector count 189 189 595 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 686 (C8) Write error rate 181 57 1261	32.7% Below average	Read 57.7 Write 55.4 Mixed 58.3 43% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.38 115% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 62%

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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