MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.2% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '19 at 23:58
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 228 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 430 59% 436 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 150 Parallax 139 114% 143 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 137 Splatting 116 98% 119 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 160 127 121 122 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 413 Mixed 348 SusWrite 148 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 55.7 181% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 124%
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 62GB free Firmware: SAFM22.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 297 323 231 231 324 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 432 Write 213 Mixed 293 SusWrite 274 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 36.4 121% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 143 156% 259 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 99%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 102GB free Firmware: O1230C SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 107 81 77 79 79 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 430 Write 369 Mixed 324 SusWrite 109 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 40.1 136% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 245 200% 283 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 92%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 369GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 79 75 76 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 68.2 Write 72.2 Mixed 48 SusWrite 77 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 226GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 118 118 116 119 120 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 187 Write 155 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 118 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 109%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 821GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 113 111 106 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 120 Write 126 Mixed 64 SusWrite 111 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.5 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 63%

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Typical Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 612 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 37%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	167x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	87x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	58x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	42x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x

SSD
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $114Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	24x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	22x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	29x
RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 6,575 samples	16x
AM2L16BC4R1-B0ES 0420 0420 AM2L16BC4R1-B0ES 0420 16GBUnknownBench 56%, 13 samples	11x

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Total price: $592

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