MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.6% 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	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '19 at 03:21
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 506 68% 506 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2101 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 119 Parallax 112 90% 114 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 106 Splatting 107 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 177 73 70 72 69 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 227 Mixed 407 SusWrite 152 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 65.1 223% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 756GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 95 96 100 95 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 125 Write 115 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 94.8 64% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 80GB free Firmware: DE13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 80 79 80 80 79 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 88 Write 23.2 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 79.2 43% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-038.A00LF 2x8GB 585 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	52.2% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 54%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $178	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