MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics89% 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 Drive67.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7816
MotherboardMSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150518
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 03 '17 at 21:47
Run Duration179 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
Memory 90.3
1-Core 115
2-Core 231
82% 145 Pts
4-Core 461
8-Core 463
62% 462 Pts
64-Core 460
28% 460 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
89% Excellent
Lighting 114
Reflection 117
Parallax 110
93% 114 fps
MRender 98.4
Gravity 100
Splatting 101
82% 99.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150
119GB free
Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
75.3% Very good
Read 482
Write 341
Mixed 339
86% 388 MB/s
4K Read 25.8
4K Write 64.2
4K Mixed 23.2
103% 37.7 MB/s
DQ Read 27.1
DQ Write 162
DQ Mixed 38
46% 75.8 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 99%
INTENSO 128GB
54GB free
Firmware: S9FM02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
54.6% Above average
Read 440
Write 144
Mixed 219
58% 268 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 61.5
4K Mixed 6.38
85% 32.4 MB/s
DQ Read 126
DQ Write 81.4
DQ Mixed 3.45
30% 70.2 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 54.6%
Great: 91%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
67.7% Good
Read 481
Write 189
Mixed 247
67% 306 MB/s
4K Read 16.7
4K Write 91.9
4K Mixed 18.4
98% 42.3 MB/s
DQ Read 153
DQ Write 212
DQ Mixed 36
68% 134 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 67.7%
Great: 85%
WD Elements 1078 750GB
31GB free, PID 1078
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
43.1% Average
Read 100
Write 99.6
Mixed 75.7
116% 91.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.54
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.25
85% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 43.1%
Great: 43%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
62.4% Good
MC Read 22.4
MC Write 23.3
MC Mixed 20
63% 21.9 GB/s
SC Read 12
SC Write 22.1
SC Mixed 19.9
51% 18 GB/s
Latency 66.8
60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 612 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 37%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Raft

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $585
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Intel Core i5-12600K $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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