MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.12% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	44.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130606
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '17 at 15:22
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 102 2-Core 201 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 400 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% MSI(1462 8A96) 1GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.12% Terrible	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 9.42 Parallax 11.7 8% 10.5 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 13.1 11% 13 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.12% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 417 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 118 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 64 62 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1011832342	44.9% Average	Read 423 Write 167 Mixed 229 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 1.97 66% 15.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 147 9625 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15771 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14238 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6772 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 203 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 82581 (C2) HDA temperature 121 102 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.2% Good	Read 116 Write 108 Mixed 96.3 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.25 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 780GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 197 3961 (03) Spinup time 182 174 3875 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6586 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 5 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14385 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6421 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6433 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 33 (C4) Reallocation count 195 195 5 (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 1	59% Above average	Read 113 Write 93 Mixed 107 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 76%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 14GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	10% Very poor	Read 42.9 Write 8.14 Mixed 9.36 19% 20.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.58 4K Write 0.07 4K Mixed 0.09 34% 2.58 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 9,994 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 62%

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Typical Z87-G43 (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 1,294 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 37%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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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	143x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	93x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	92x

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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $559

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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