MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.9% 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	96.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130606
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '19 at 11:20
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 225 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 613 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 139 Parallax 130 106% 133 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 123 Splatting 105 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2KG96 960GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: XCV10100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 392 398 391 397 401 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 328 Write 414 Mixed 320 SusWrite 390 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 46.7 140% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 284 228% 319 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 96%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 15GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 123 130 117 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 413 Write 154 Mixed 208 SusWrite 128 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 45.3 170% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 158 126% 179 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 88%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 60GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 151 159 153 149 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 452 Write 162 Mixed 217 SusWrite 147 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 44.4 172% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 180 140% 195 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 142GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 151 166 161 168 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 376 Write 210 Mixed 228 SusWrite 161 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 41 154% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 75.2 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 156 115% 147 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 164GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 77 78 77 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 117 Write 109 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 76.8 71% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.7 161% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 924 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 85%

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

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Typical Z87-G43 (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 1,314 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $100Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	402x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	213x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	145x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	93x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	46x
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: 66% - Good

Total price: $675

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $60
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353