MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	78% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 21 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130816
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '22 at 12:22
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Memory 63.7 1-Core 92.6 2-Core 132 57% 96.2 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 293 29% 238 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78% Very good	Lighting 95.2 Reflection 156 Parallax 96.2 78% 116 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 96.9 79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 92 109 96 98 96 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.8% Average	Read 276 Write 120 Mixed 159 SusWrite 99.5 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 21.6 75% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 70.7 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 118 85% 108 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 506GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 22 34 37 31 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	23% Poor	Read 51.9 Write 25.6 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 28.6 24% 32.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 1315 BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.4 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 43%

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

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) - $217

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	172x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	89x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	58x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	42x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	42x

SSD
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $103Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	24x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	22x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	19x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	29x
RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 6,575 samples	16x
AM2L16BC4R1-B0ES 0420 0420 AM2L16BC4R1-B0ES 0420 16GBUnknownBench 56%, 13 samples	11x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $582

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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) $39	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