MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130402
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	May 06 '21 at 02:03
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 201 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 334 51% 369 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Asus(1043 86BB) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.7% Good	Lighting 89.3 Reflection 87.3 Parallax 82.7 73% 86.4 fps	MRender 64.7 Gravity 77.1 Splatting 70.2 58% 70.7 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 329 379 388 383 388 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 430 Write 375 Mixed 262 SusWrite 370 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 29.9 100% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 85.4 DQ Mixed 128 121% 197 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 116%
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 669GB free Firmware: X4162000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 271 293 288 292 292 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 405 Write 337 Mixed 232 SusWrite 292 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 19.5 66% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 82.9 DQ Mixed 148 126% 194 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 4x8GB 2,056 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.9 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19.4 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 77%

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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%

Speed boat

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	142x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	91x

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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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