MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	8GB 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 Version	Although 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130606
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '18 at 21:32
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 401 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2845) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.1% Poor	Lighting 28.5 Reflection 26.8 Parallax 32.6 23% 29.3 fps	MRender 40.5 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 28.4 29% 36 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 29%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate ST3500630NS 500GB-$53 3,965 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3CNR SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 31 43 43 41 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 36.2 Write 29.7 Mixed 21 SusWrite 38.1 23% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-031.A00LF 1x8GB 378 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 7.4 23% 8.17 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 7.8 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 30%

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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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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	400x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	206x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	142x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	91x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $475

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16