MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.5% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '18 at 11:59
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 234 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 586 69% 533 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 116 Parallax 113 86% 112 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 83.3 75% 93.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 340 354 359 359 337 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 356 Mixed 318 SusWrite 338 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 43.1 149% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 194 175% 262 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 103%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 396GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 420 440 426 427 426 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 435 Mixed 377 SusWrite 429 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 58.9 198% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 364 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 146 146 148 149 148 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 145 Write 136 Mixed 94.7 SusWrite 146 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 378GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 162 165 165 165 164 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 112 Mixed 76 SusWrite 164 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 23.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 47.4 84% 47.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 85%

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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 $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: $651

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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