MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.7% 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	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	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 21:46
Run Duration	380 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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)	79.8% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 100 2-Core 202 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 392 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 75.5 63% 77.3 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 72 Splatting 73.6 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G3LC726B104-370I 240GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 186GB free Firmware: 524ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7281579 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -19791209297775 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1730 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 492 (B1) Unknown 0 0 22 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 1013615099933 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7281579 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7281579 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7281579 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 88 88 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 74956 (EA) Unknown 0 0 25282 (F1) Unknown 0 0 25282 (F2) Unknown 0 0 39176	35.5% Below average	Read 506 Write 4.28 Mixed 8.5 36% 173 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 4.26 4K Mixed 4.28 54% 13.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 82%
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$49 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1395 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 262 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 54 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 49763 (A5) Unknown 100 100 124 (A6) Unknown 100 100 41 (A7) Unknown 100 100 99 (94) Unknown 100 100 81246 (95) Unknown 100 100 2407 (96) Unknown 100 100 2211 (97) Unknown 100 100 2389 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 28 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 208 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 44 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 405139 (F2) Unknown 100 100 591802 (F5) Unknown 100 100 796208	86.7% Excellent	Read 511 Write 344 Mixed 357 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 28.7 118% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 60.1 87% 164 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 177776240 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11153 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34060216 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25410 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1609 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 9111404574 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 542 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 31 31 138750 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 -140737488355298 (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 56581899164540 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11412277128 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30715854604	87.8% Excellent	Read 173 Write 134 Mixed 144 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.17 66% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 1,560 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

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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	168x
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	41x

SSD
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $107Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	24x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	22x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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: $585

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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