MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.4% 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	96.7% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '19 at 11:04
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 180 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 501 51% 412 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.4% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 84.2 Parallax 119 103% 110 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 65.2 80% 103 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3256G 256GB 1,070 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 191 179 189 191 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 459 Mixed 319 SusWrite 191 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 47.2 164% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 254 209% 301 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 105%
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 85GB free Firmware: SAFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 274 119 240 256 228 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 467 Mixed 367 SusWrite 224 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 36 137% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 194 184% 286 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 99%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 155 160 160 158 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 124 Write 133 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 158 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 175 181 181 182 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 137 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 179 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial ST102464BA160B.16F 2x8GB 1,015 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 61%

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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 $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: 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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