MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.7% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	17.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '19 at 01:42
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 416 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 850A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 76 Reflection 86.8 Parallax 84 62% 82.3 fps	MRender 81.4 Gravity 76.9 Splatting 70.2 62% 76.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 519GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 382 342 277 293 278 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 472 Mixed 377 SusWrite 324 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.5 150% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 344 258% 345 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 104%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 375GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 378 390 397 396 397 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 384 Write 400 Mixed 207 SusWrite 387 78% 345 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 28.8 95% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 77.1 DQ Write 43.2 DQ Mixed 52.4 41% 57.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 105%
Asmedia ASMT1153e 480GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 447GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 200 205 229 254 263 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 275 Write 272 Mixed 300 SusWrite 227 61% 268 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 14.3 4K Mixed 12.5 52% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 86.5 DQ Mixed 98.5 75% 103 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 65%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 137 136 137 136 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 135 Write 140 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 136 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 82%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 724GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 62 61 62 64 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 67 Write 61 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 61.8 42% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 KHX1866C10D3/8G 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 53%

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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 1,296 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 $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	400x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	208x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	93x
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	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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $491

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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