MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	13.7% 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	26.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130606
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '16 at 02:56
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 below expectations (2^nd percentile)	37.1% Below average	Memory 27.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 198 55% 110 Pts	4-Core 253 8-Core 336 37% 294 Pts	64-Core 322 20% 322 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 3557) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Lighting 16 Reflection 13.1 Parallax 11.5 13% 13.5 fps	MRender 19.2 Gravity 20.7 Splatting 15.6 15% 18.5 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13440 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2394 (B1) Unknown 76 76 281 (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 47 44 53 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 215 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22747884001	26.8% Poor	Read 262 Write 17 Mixed 60 24% 113 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 15 4K Mixed 3.9 52% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.4 DQ Write 15.2 DQ Mixed 0.66 6% 14.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 916GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 138 3483 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6156 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2435 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2677 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 148 148 157343 (C2) HDA temperature 94 85 49 (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	82.2% Excellent	Read 143 Write 143 Mixed 140 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.25 113% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 156GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 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 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 189 167 5541 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6526 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14351 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2404 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 226 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 152 152 145542 (C2) HDA temperature 100 94 50 (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	33.8% Below average	Read 61 Write 56.6 Mixed 58.7 44% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL11 Series 1x8GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 7.9 25% 8.67 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 5.6 17% 6.1 GB/s	Latency 267 15% 267 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 35%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 43%

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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	213x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 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	46x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 i5-12600K $166	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353