MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.6% 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	62% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 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 couleurs, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140703
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 20 '20 at 02:16
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 593 62% 497 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 128 Parallax 122 98% 123 fps	MRender 91.1 Gravity 117 Splatting 96.1 83% 102 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 101%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7816) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5107 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 256GB 256GB 9,229 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 244 5.4 108 4.2 12 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 410 Write 330 Mixed 302 SusWrite 62.9 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 21.2 110% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 93.8 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 0.3 60% 137 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 166%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 352GB free Firmware: 1A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 169 170 171 171 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 154 Mixed 109 SusWrite 171 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M2F8G64CB8HC5N-DI 1311 M2F8G64CC8HD5N-DI 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.2% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 16.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.2% 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 (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 1,300 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	400x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	209x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	94x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	93x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $491

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16