MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.5% 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	28.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	27.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '21 at 17:01
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 405 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 1E89) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 114 Reflection 126 Parallax 111 93% 117 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 0.3 54% 76.2 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Innovation IT 480GB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0424A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 52 232 82 2.7 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	28.5% Poor	Read 454 Write 380 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 65 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.4 24% 6.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 98%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 653GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 168 159 170 171 168 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 136 Write 132 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 168 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.9 479% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-015.A00LF 99U5584-003.A00LF 8GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.5 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 59%

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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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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