MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '18 at 12:17
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 213 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 455 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB; PALIT GeForce GTX 1060 Dual CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 78.4 Reflection 76.9 Parallax 78.2 64% 77.9 fps	MRender 76 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 74.9 61% 74.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 117 133 114 76 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 462 Write 122 Mixed 127 SusWrite 114 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 13.4 76% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 33.1 54% 105 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 86%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 32GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 75 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 386 Write 81.2 Mixed 126 SusWrite 76.6 36% 167 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 41.8 149% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 78.7 DQ Mixed 91.7 70% 94.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 69%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 212GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,766 Write 5,544 Mixed 5,819 1,346% 6,043 MB/s	4K Read 681 4K Write 281 4K Mixed 380 1,667% 447 MB/s	DQ Read 2081 DQ Write 1,817 DQ Mixed 1,870 1,423% 1,923 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 646GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 156 159 160 161 160 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 79 Write 68.3 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 159 69% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CM3B4G1C1600L9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CM3B4G1C1600L9 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.9 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 20.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 63%

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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	401x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	209x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	144x

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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $487

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16