MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	39.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130506
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '21 at 10:15
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 447 62% 457 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E246) 2GB CLim: 1200 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	10.3% Very poor	Lighting 0.3 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 60.1 0% 34.4 fps	MRender 35.6 Gravity 45.8 Splatting 30.4 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 76 44 78 80 80 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.8% Below average	Read 260 Write 101 Mixed 137 SusWrite 73.2 32% 143 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 32.2 4K Mixed 18.4 78% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 29.2 DQ Mixed 26.1 20% 27.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 100%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$23 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 732GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 143 146 147 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 148 Write 129 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 146 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 19.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.1% 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%

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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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