MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.3% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	18.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130606
Uptime	9.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '19 at 16:34
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 630 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 140 Parallax 121 107% 131 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 124 Splatting 105 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 381 326 305 273 240 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 412 Mixed 270 SusWrite 323 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 39.4 155% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 309 233% 313 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 110%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 28GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 135 130 140 135 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 414 Write 157 Mixed 203 SusWrite 134 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 46.1 182% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 167 132% 185 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 88%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 60GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 144 138 141 146 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 426 Write 162 Mixed 204 SusWrite 139 51% 233 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 43.9 177% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 186 142% 194 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 187GB free Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 210 214 213 215 216 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 452 Write 214 Mixed 256 SusWrite 212 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 40 163% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 178 139% 188 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 175GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 76 76 76 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 114 Write 113 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 75.5 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 177% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 924 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 20.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 85%

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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 1,291 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 $127Bench 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 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	91x

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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $540

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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