MSI H87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI H87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '22 at 13:51
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 190 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 615 67% 532 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% PNY(196E 1347) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.1% Good	Lighting 92.2 Reflection 91 Parallax 84.6 75% 89.3 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 80.1 Splatting 0.3 46% 64.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 76%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 796GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 56 82 126 131 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 177 Write 174 Mixed 112 SusWrite 96.9 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata AD64C1D1624E1B 2x8GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 60%

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

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Typical H87-G43 (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 272 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI H87-G43 (MS-7816) - $139

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	42x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	42x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	26x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	24x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	23x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	8x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	16x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	5x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	5x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $558

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16