MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20131127
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '19 at 07:29
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 219 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 431 58% 430 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 73.9 Parallax 65 56% 69.1 fps	MRender 75.9 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 58.1 53% 65.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 309 344 298 296 255 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 428 Write 379 Mixed 307 SusWrite 308 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 34.5 116% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 44.7 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 58.5 52% 74.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 26.6 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 26.5 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 86%

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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 Z87-G43 (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 1,310 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	402x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	212x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	145x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	95x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	93x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: 66% - Good

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16