MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	97% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '21 at 16:30
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 219 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 571 61% 484 Pts	64-Core 573 35% 573 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7816) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.49% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 2.7 Parallax 7.2 3% 4.57 fps	MRender 8.2 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 5.1 4% 5.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.49% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 258 259 266 274 257 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 393 Mixed 336 SusWrite 276 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 44.1 149% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 226 206% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 118%
General USB Flash Disk 2GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 1167 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	3.21% Terrible	Read 13.9 Write 5.2 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 5.5 9% 7.57 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.21% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-061.A00LF 2x8GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 55%

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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 1,302 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	401x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	210x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	144x

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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $487

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16