MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	25 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	7.8 Days
Run Date	May 06 '21 at 04:46
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 78.3 2-Core 219 72% 128 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 380 48% 364 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Asus(1043 86BB) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Lighting 93.7 Reflection 88.9 Parallax 86.2 76% 89.6 fps	MRender 65.5 Gravity 80 Splatting 72.1 60% 72.5 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.6% 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: 250 394 383 381 396 382 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 439 Write 363 Mixed 267 SusWrite 364 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 30.8 94% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 91.1 DQ Mixed 132 124% 201 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 116%
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 669GB free Firmware: X4162000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 389 300 298 293 295 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 434 Write 367 Mixed 297 SusWrite 304 79% 350 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 26.6 4K Mixed 26.5 82% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 86.6 DQ Mixed 145 120% 180 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.5% 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 (74^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.5% 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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Typical Z87-G43 (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 1,299 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	209x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	94x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	93x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $486

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16