MSI H87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 (26%). 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '20 at 16:26
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$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 (99^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 560 59% 472 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 78%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 490 Write 409 Mixed 279 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 48.9 168% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 172 167% 261 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$50 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 284GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 115 Write 116 Mixed 65 73% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 433GB free Firmware: CC43 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 142 Write 148 Mixed 73.4 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% 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 (72^nd percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 62%

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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 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	19x

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 $94Bench 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: $429

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16