MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140707
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '16 at 06:08
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 669 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 688 42% 688 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% MSI(1462 3050) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 22% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7b Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8410872 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 94953136981841 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 500 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 26 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 59 55838441498 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8410872 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8410872 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8410872 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4475 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5170 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5170 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4320	76.6% Very good	Read 497 Write 261 Mixed 326 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 14.5 122% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 11.8 46% 94.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 89%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 211 211 34376515872 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1330 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1888 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 491 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1376 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1376 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 150324707350 (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 200 200 0	110% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 192 Mixed 162 136% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.24 113% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 107%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 926GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 108 Write 92.4 Mixed 70.8 111% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.25 24% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1866 2x8GB 1,300 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	68% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 70%

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 30%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	169x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	87x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	58x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	42x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	42x

SSD
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	24x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	22x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	29x
RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 6,575 samples	16x
AM2L16BC4R1-B0ES 0420 0420 AM2L16BC4R1-B0ES 0420 16GBUnknownBench 56%, 13 samples	11x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $587

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16