MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 90% 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.5% 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	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 (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '18 at 07:10
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	59%

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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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 435 58% 435 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 74.5 Reflection 80.1 Parallax 75.7 61% 76.8 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 76.7 60% 73.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 155 158 163 161 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 418 Write 189 Mixed 212 SusWrite 158 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 43.1 157% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 192 145% 195 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 81GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 245 246 246 246 245 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 472 Write 251 Mixed 158 SusWrite 242 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 24.5 128% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 58.5 105% 210 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 462GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 127 129 128 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 142 Write 128 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 128 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 164GB free Firmware: JP2OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 79 84 85 86 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 90.1 Write 66.8 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 83.1 52% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 74%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 141 140 142 139 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 138 Write 136 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 141 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 82%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 127 127 127 127 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 121 Write 129 Mixed 106 SusWrite 127 166% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 133% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 100%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 404GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 88 88 88 87 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 84.4 Write 85.5 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 87.9 114% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 78% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 187 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 76%

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Typical Z87-G43 (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 1,292 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	400x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	206x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	142x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	92x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $475

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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