MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	128% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130402
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '21 at 14:37
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 205 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 418 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2990) CLim: 1596 MHz, MLim: 1958 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.6% Very good	Lighting 87.7 Reflection 126 Parallax 108 72% 107 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 93.8 81% 99.2 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 461 469 474 475 426 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 454 Mixed 452 SusWrite 458 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 60 201% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 296 242% 345 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 125%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 455GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 122 123 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 137 Write 118 Mixed 110 SusWrite 123 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 196% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 79%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 160GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 99 102 102 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 89 Write 62.8 Mixed 66 SusWrite 101 59% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.4% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.7 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 64%

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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 41%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail 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	206x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	143x

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

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $475

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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