MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.39% 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	40.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130923
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 08:15
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 212 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 585 59% 478 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD HD 7730 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 6% MSI(1462 2795) 1GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	7.39% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 11 7% 10.4 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 7.67 Splatting 12.5 8% 10.2 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.39% Great: 7%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7816) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4963 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0809 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 93 46 47 76 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 407 Write 190 Mixed 216 SusWrite 78.9 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 12.1 4K Mixed 13.6 55% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 12.2 DQ Mixed 18.4 24% 46.1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 70%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 133GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 18 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 26 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 19.1 32% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 61%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 12GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 19 20 19 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 30.8 Write 24.7 Mixed 23.7 SusWrite 19.5 32% 24.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 61%
StoreJet Transcend 2TB 4,473 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 622GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 36 37 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 38 Write 33.7 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 36.8 45% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.1% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 7.4 22% 7.63 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 8.2 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 38%

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Typical Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 611 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	167x
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 $113Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	24x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	22x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $592

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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