MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130606
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '17 at 04:51
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 614 60% 495 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 116 Parallax 106 83% 108 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 97.1 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18620 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 869 (B1) Unknown 87 87 146 (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 62 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 143 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35178177254
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8658 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4388 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 872 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4289 (C2) HDA temperature 121 112 31 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	65.8% Good	Read 118 Write 111 Mixed 120 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.85 4K Mixed 0.46 154% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3120813AS 120GB-$98 647 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 101GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 76 133482303 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5024 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 335131125 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22391 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 696 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 555679776 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 53 193591514 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	31.6% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 55.2 Mixed 53.1 41% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 32%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 64GB 414 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 54GB free, PID c75c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 18.3 Mixed 14.3 25% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.36 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.35 41% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	66.8% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 19.3 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 23 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 66%

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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 $184	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