MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.2% 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	66.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '20 at 16:23
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 104 2-Core 201 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 525 53% 432 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 81%

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: 19.3.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 91.5 Parallax 177 98% 130 fps	MRender 90.3 Gravity 133 Splatting 130 98% 118 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 125 123 123 127 129 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 397 Write 121 Mixed 180 SusWrite 124 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 35.1 117% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 140 107% 146 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 80%
Mushkin Reactor 256GB-$114 909 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 17GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 164 138 153 119 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 464 Write 276 Mixed 272 SusWrite 162 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 8.7 101% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 180 148% 214 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 98%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 25GB free Firmware: 5.6.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 222 204 189 230 230 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 371 Write 271 Mixed 296 SusWrite 218 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 39.9 147% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 260 197% 264 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 4x4GB 371 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 19.1 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 73%

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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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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 $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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