MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '20 at 03:09
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 428 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 73.7 Parallax 64.4 63% 71.7 fps	MRender 67.9 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 71.7 57% 69.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 495 Write 479 Mixed 375 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 52.4 180% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 44GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 211 211 216 218 219 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 287 Write 98.5 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 223 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 40.5 123% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 210 184% 271 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 100%
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 23GB free Firmware: S9FM02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 56 65 47 59 48 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 338 Write 94.2 Mixed 45.2 SusWrite 58.5 29% 134 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 13.4 104% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 32.6 DQ Mixed 8 25% 57.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 84%
Generic- MS/MS-PRO 1GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 1GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 4.8 3.3 3.3 3.3 4.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	3.66% Terrible	Read 16 Write 3.2 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 4 7% 6.85 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.66% Great: 5%
Generic- SD/MMC 64GB 716 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 59GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.6 1.4 3.3 3.3 2.5 5.1 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 18.7 Write 16.7 Mixed 14.8 SusWrite 2.7 17% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 3 196% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A2133C11 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2133C11 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.4% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 57%

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Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

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	210x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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