MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13% 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	38.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130606
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '21 at 07:35
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 94 2-Core 192 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 375 51% 377 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5830 2,946 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Gigabyte(1458 21E8) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Lighting 18.2 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 16.7 15% 16.4 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 14 Splatting 10 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 100 99 101 100 87 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.9% Below average	Read 274 Write 88.6 Mixed 131 SusWrite 97.2 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 19.5 67% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 16.6 DQ Mixed 23.5 18% 24.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 895GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 191 181 183 177 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 57.3 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 183 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 92% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT125U6TFR8C-H9 4x2GB 1,060 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 16.6 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	11	9	60	21.5"	1280 720	VSCCB25 VX2250 SERIES

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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 $273	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 $179	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