MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.1% 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	87.6% 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	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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '18 at 15:29
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 192 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 363 47% 356 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB; x2 v4 CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.1% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 132 Parallax 125 102% 127 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 117 Splatting 100 85% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 301 275 280 288 264 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 458 Write 386 Mixed 218 SusWrite 290 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 33.2 132% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 122 126% 210 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 633GB free Firmware: HP36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 136 137 135 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 144 Write 129 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 133 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 655GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 202 201 204 205 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 128 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 203 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-010.A00LF KHX1866C9D3/2GX Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 KHX1866C9D3/2GX 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1867, 1600, 1867 MHz 4096, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.3% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 14.6 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 49%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	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