MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81% 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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '20 at 23:08
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 539 72% 537 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1440 MHz, MLim: 1850 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 74 Parallax 96.5 64% 82.9 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 78.4 Splatting 58 55% 68.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 132 138 188 145 193 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 365 Write 225 Mixed 180 SusWrite 163 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 39.6 149% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 112 118% 196 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 97%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$85 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 103GB free Firmware: 02K0S86D SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 291 244 245 244 245 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 438 Mixed 416 SusWrite 288 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 58 196% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 116 151% 273 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 127%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,113 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.3% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 21.4 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 64%

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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	168x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	87x
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 $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x

SSD
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $107Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	24x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	22x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	18x

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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $585

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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) $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