MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics126% 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.
Boot Drive74.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7816
MotherboardMSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)  (all builds)
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130606
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 23 '20 at 20:45
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User ZAF-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4440-$128
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
75.2% Very good
Memory 90.7
1-Core 95.2
2-Core 190
73% 125 Pts
4-Core 346
8-Core 350
46% 348 Pts
64-Core 377
23% 377 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 75.2%
Great: 70%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910
Palit(1569 2206) ≥ 4GB; Palit GeForce RTX 3080 OC
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (1st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 137
Reflection 197
Parallax 306
112% 213 fps
MRender 293
Gravity 228
Splatting 141
172% 221 fps
Poor: 163%
This bench: 126%
Great: 202%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MAT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 126 126 126 127 111 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
74.4% Very good
Read 401
Write 414
Mixed 284
SusWrite 158
70% 314 MB/s
4K Read 36.5
4K Write 61.1
4K Mixed 43.6
144% 47.1 MB/s
DQ Read 44.3
DQ Write 126
DQ Mixed 59.3
53% 76.5 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 74.4%
Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80
163GB free
Firmware: 3.AAK
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 63 63 63 63 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
32.2% Below average
Read 49.9
Write 46.5
Mixed 32.7
SusWrite 62.1
35% 47.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 32.2%
Great: 43%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78
832GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 118 116 119 119 117 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
67.3% Good
Read 117
Write 105
Mixed 63.3
SusWrite 117
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 67.3%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 99U5584-005.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
58.9% Above average
MC Read 21.1
MC Write 22.5
MC Mixed 17.9
59% 20.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 18
SC Mixed 18.2
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 66.3
60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 38%
This bench: 58.9%
Great: 67%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z87-G43 (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 1,291 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $540
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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