MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	121% 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	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130402
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '21 at 12:42
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (97^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 390 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.1% 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: 1573 MHz, MLim: 1940 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.1% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 126 Parallax 101 62% 101 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 91.4 77% 95 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$49 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 427 452 466 418 402 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 469 Mixed 436 SusWrite 432 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 55.9 188% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 293 240% 342 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 125%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 447GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 121 123 122 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 130 Write 118 Mixed 104 SusWrite 122 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 79%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 81GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 86 86 87 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 149 Write 144 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 85.7 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.5% 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 above expectations (68^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 20 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 20 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 19.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.8% 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 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 43%

Speed 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	208x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	93x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	93x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $491

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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