MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
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.
Graphics	13.1% 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	106% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130923
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '15 at 16:22
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	35%

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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 114 2-Core 216 76% 165 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 588 61% 488 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 60% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 34FC) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.5286 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 17.8 Parallax 13.7 12% 15.5 fps	MRender 21.4 Gravity 15.9 Splatting 17.5 15% 18.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 59 59 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 119244835	106% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 404 Mixed 176 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 41.7 162% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 107 122% 209 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Samsung HD160JJ 160GB-$85 5,008 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 6GB free Firmware: ZM100-47 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5568 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8699 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10252 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3891 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 97 46 47 (C2) HDA temperature 97 46 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2988 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	24.8% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 47.4 Mixed 31.7 29% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.32 74% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 33%
Seagate ST3400820AS 400GB 872 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 3GB free Firmware: 3.AAD 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 111 91 1002286 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2948 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 221563192 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25260 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3650 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 47 740884524 (C2) HDA temperature 44 53 73014444076 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 77 51 146252258 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	25.1% Poor	Read 42.2 Write 45.1 Mixed 41.6 32% 43 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 0.22 49% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 43%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 32%

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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	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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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

MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results

PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)