MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '18 at 13:46
Run Duration	378 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 89.5 2-Core 179 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 319 43% 320 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Lighting 32.7 Reflection 29.4 Parallax 37.9 27% 33.3 fps	MRender 40.5 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 33.1 30% 37.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate BUP Slim SL 1TB 4,641 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 687GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 113 Write 49.6 Mixed 66.6 57% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.07 4K Mixed 0.1 34% 0.24 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 63%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 50GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4287 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 989 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 236 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4050 (C2) HDA temperature 107 95 36 (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	73.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 126 Mixed 131 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.31 69% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 3752 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 821 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 602659330 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25642 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 797 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 45 605487137 (C2) HDA temperature 33 55 12884901921 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 29 3752 (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 -61937723349981 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2847099182 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4015689050	55.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 91 Mixed 88.2 71% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.53 96% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 88%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 9GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 131 3841 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12102 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25877 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2137 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 70516 (C2) HDA temperature 110 91 33 (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	58.9% Above average	Read 119 Write 86.1 Mixed 93.6 75% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 1 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 6GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 3600 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10777 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11810111 (09) Power-on hours count 83 11 15412 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2202 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 47245361169 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 605224996 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 415 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11574 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 4294967332 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 3 3600 (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 134393821672830 (F1) Unknown 100 253 243472280 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1975649836	40.3% Average	Read 71.7 Write 68.7 Mixed 64.3 51% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.43 80% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2GB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156057192 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10630 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 12893341164 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23149 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1857 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 95 4295163918 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 39 125176119331 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 729 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 59250 (C2) HDA temperature 35 61 -140737488355293 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 15 156057192 (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 69569880266643 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1475042021 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2387751314	82.9% Excellent	Read 147 Write 142 Mixed 136 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.16 75% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 114%
Samsung S2 Portable 320GB 1,030 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 29GB free, PID 1f03 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	9.25% Terrible	Read 41.3 Write 8.23 Mixed 9.59 19% 19.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.23 24% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.25% Great: 21%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1GB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 34.9 Write 37.3 Mixed 25.8 42% 32.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.44 4K Mixed 0.17 22% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	56.4% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 17.1 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 63%

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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 $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: 60% - Above average

Total price: $650

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 $177	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