MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.3% 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	90.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '19 at 20:19
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	12%

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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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 514 69% 513 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.3% Very good	Lighting 98.4 Reflection 111 Parallax 104 80% 104 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 93.2 Splatting 96.1 78% 94.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 70 94 68 72 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 422 Mixed 240 SusWrite 95.7 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 44.8 171% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 233 201% 300 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 964GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 173 175 173 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 128 Mixed 78 SusWrite 172 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 5GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 4.4 3.8 4 3.7 3.8 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 7.5 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 4.1 14% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.1 140% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0702 51264Y133I 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 17.9 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 52%

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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 $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 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $475

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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