MSI Z87M-G43 (MS-7823)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98% 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	99.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7823
Motherboard	MSI Z87M-G43 (MS-7823) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '19 at 16:23
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 461 59% 449 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 92.2 Parallax 176 98% 129 fps	MRender 90.7 Gravity 131 Splatting 131 98% 117 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 342 278 311 278 284 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 470 Mixed 337 SusWrite 302 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 45.6 170% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 177 159% 235 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 107%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 275GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 435 444 451 451 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 473 Mixed 440 SusWrite 431 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 59.4 200% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 305 246% 346 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 125%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 478GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 110 110 108 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 115 Write 101 Mixed 104 SusWrite 110 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 626GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 169 170 169 171 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 126 Write 120 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 170 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 234% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.8% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z87M-G43 (MS-7823) Builds (Compare 182 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI Z87M-G43 (MS-7823)

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	35x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	28x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	16x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	18x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	12x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	11x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	7x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	7x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	5x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $171

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $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