MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	157% 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.
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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130402
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '19 at 06:53
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	LKA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 598 58% 475 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37BC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3535 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	157% Outstanding	Lighting 213 Reflection 236 Parallax 243 174% 231 fps	MRender 263 Gravity 224 Splatting 142 164% 210 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 229GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,922 Write 5,381 Mixed 5,414 1,244% 5,572 MB/s	4K Read 380 4K Write 222 4K Mixed 276 1,047% 293 MB/s	DQ Read 982 DQ Write 721 DQ Mixed 798 611% 833 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Corsair Force GT 240GB-$499 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 126GB free Firmware: 5.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 206 215 207 203 209 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 374 Write 278 Mixed 283 SusWrite 204 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 32.8 116% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 169 152% 231 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 92%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$26 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 0GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 56.5 Write 50.5 Mixed 40 37% 49 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 18% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 204 200 209 208 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 154 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 203 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 106%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 8GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 127 Write 115 Mixed 105 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 206% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 62%

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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%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 32%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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