MSI H87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics9.48% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
SystemMSI MS-7816
MotherboardMSI H87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)  (all builds)
Memory5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20130816
Uptime5.2 Days
Run DateDec 30 '17 at 14:22
Run Duration89 Seconds
Run User DZA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690-$52
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
81.7% Excellent
Memory 88.7
1-Core 111
2-Core 222
80% 141 Pts
4-Core 431
8-Core 433
58% 432 Pts
64-Core 431
27% 431 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 81.7%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 5870
Sapphire(174B E140) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1501.0
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
9.48% Terrible
Lighting 13.2
Reflection 7.19
Parallax 12
11% 10.8 fps
MRender 6.24
Gravity 9.9
Splatting 8.96
7% 8.36 fps
Poor: 9%
This bench: 9.48%
Great: 20%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59
133GB free (System drive)
Firmware: A3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
64.6% Good
Read 113
Write 112
Mixed 107
83% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.33
4K Mixed 0.34
84% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 64.6%
Great: 74%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
28.9% Poor
MC Read 9.2
MC Write 9.6
MC Mixed 8.5
26% 9.1 GB/s
SC Read 8.5
SC Write 8.7
SC Mixed 8.4
24% 8.53 GB/s
Latency 68.8
58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 28.9%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 169 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 40%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) - $187

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $430
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