MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130606
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '20 at 03:01
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 419 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 379 23% 379 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 80.7 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 112 66% 90.5 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 80.6 Splatting 62.9 58% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 68 38 33 32 33 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 476 Write 122 Mixed 115 SusWrite 53.5 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 21.4 117% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 50 81% 162 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 73%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 67GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 321 305 305 304 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 491 Mixed 467 SusWrite 332 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 64.5 214% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 363 273% 366 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 193GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 176 178 165 179 178 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 114 Write 114 Mixed 82.4 SusWrite 175 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 459 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.8% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 64%

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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 $131	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 $45	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