MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.67% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130606
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '17 at 20:52
Run Duration	309 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$51 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 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)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 224 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 405 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 3553) 1GB CLim: 1110 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.67% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 9.88 Parallax 12.2 9% 11 fps	MRender 14.2 Gravity 12.8 Splatting 13.8 11% 13.6 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.67% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD300LJ 300GB-$25 1,072 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: ZT100-13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8512 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10626 (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 28866 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4772 (BE) vendor-specific 69 46 31 (C2) HDA temperature 145 76 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 154379 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (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	25.5% Poor	Read 43.4 Write 45.5 Mixed 41.8 33% 43.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.3 44% 0.24 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 34%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 132GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 115 (03) Spinup time 174 167 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4006 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3811 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3925 (C2) HDA temperature 112 93 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	67.1% Good	Read 115 Write 118 Mixed 88 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.21 97% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 108%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 2,523 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 118GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 94.6 Write 58.7 Mixed 73.7 92% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 2.42 4K Write 0.49 4K Mixed 0.42 40% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 37%
Samsung Mighty Drive 4GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 1a23 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	6.51% Terrible	Read 20.9 Write 6.41 Mixed 8.06 12% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.67 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 33% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.51% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 62%

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Typical Z87-G43 (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 1,299 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	400x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	209x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	94x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	93x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $486

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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16