MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	60.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '22 at 14:49
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 183 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 509 55% 435 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 7816) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 4 10% 4 fps
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc SSD162 120GB 155 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 76 77 79 77 72 MB/s Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.9% Good	Read 252 Write 109 Mixed 194 SusWrite 79.9 35% 159 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 31.6 134% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 101 82% 114 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 77%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$113 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 612GB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 464 471 477 481 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 431 Mixed 440 SusWrite 472 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 55.2 188% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 369GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 100 99 99 97 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 104 Write 100 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 98.8 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 88%
Seagate Expansion HDD 2TB 675 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 38.3 Write 41.8 Mixed 35 SusWrite 42 29% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 69%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 336GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 78 77 77 77 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 92.5 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 77.2 62% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-020.A00LF 99U5471-052.A00LF 12GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.3% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 7.2 23% 7.93 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 7.5 22% 7.77 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 40%

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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 1,304 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 43%

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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	211x
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

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $487

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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