MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	19.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130923
Uptime	10.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '19 at 00:29
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 105 2-Core 200 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 401 52% 391 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1533 MHz, MLim: 1842 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Lighting 82.7 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 77.6 67% 82.5 fps	MRender 81.9 Gravity 77.1 Splatting 69.7 62% 76.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 299 302 301 309 303 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 308 Mixed 298 SusWrite 300 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 41.1 162% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 240 197% 280 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 128%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 550GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 113 112 112 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 109 Write 90 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 111 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 19.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

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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 GAMING (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 620 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 37%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	172x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	89x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	58x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	42x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	42x

SSD
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $105Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	24x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $65Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	22x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	19x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	29x
RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 6,575 samples	16x
AM2L16BC4R1-B0ES 0420 0420 AM2L16BC4R1-B0ES 0420 16GBUnknownBench 56%, 13 samples	11x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $584

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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