MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	31% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 21:10
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 440 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 76 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 67 62% 73.6 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 69.2 Splatting 69.8 57% 69.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15503 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1634 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 184 (AE) Unknown 100 100 86 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 613 (E8) Unknown 95 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 829 (F1) Unknown 100 100 16712273779 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16240931296	31% Below average	Read 424 Write 110 Mixed 94.5 45% 209 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 7.81 4K Mixed 2.26 26% 7.64 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 48%
WD WD30EFRX-68EUZN0 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 467GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 67 226208041 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 165 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1099993 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -133560598003613 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 487784477 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 182 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 77309411357 (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 -106815836651405 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1116955171 (F2) Unknown 100 253 85815747 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	47.7% Average	Read 86.8 Write 79.4 Mixed 51.3 54% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.69 126% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 83%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$109 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 422GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 6216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 554 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 536 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16124 (C2) HDA temperature 111 100 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	56.7% Above average	Read 116 Write 81 Mixed 107 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.16 74% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 88%
WD WD7500AAVS-00D7B0 1TB 72GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2375 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2968 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28283 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 793 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 6 (BE) vendor-specific 60 49 672268328 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2937 (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	82.6% Excellent	Read 165 Write 123 Mixed 114 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.36 108% 1.13 MB/s

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 (79^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 62%

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Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) - $217

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	402x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	212x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	145x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	95x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	93x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 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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Total price: $637

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359