MSI H87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI H87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '20 at 05:18
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 207 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 517 54% 433 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1635 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 76 62% 76.7 fps	MRender 80.4 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 61.3 57% 71.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 85 81 81 72 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 415 Mixed 300 SusWrite 103 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 51.3 184% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 172 180% 295 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 108%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 273GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 62 68 62 71 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 97.1 Write 77.7 Mixed 57.6 SusWrite 66.5 55% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 433GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 172 175 175 175 174 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 138 Write 137 Mixed 2.2 SusWrite 146 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 19.4 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) - $187

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	23x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	19x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	18x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	14x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	8x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x

RAM
F3-1600C8-4GAB 0420 F3-1866C9-4GAB 0420 F3-1600C8-4GAB 0420 F3-1866C9-4GAB 16GBUnknownBench 58%, 6 samples	6x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	4x
KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GBKingstonBench 57%, 2,175 samples	4x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $430

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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