MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.9% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '21 at 21:09
Run Duration	504 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3-$200 2,511 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 224 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 587 58% 477 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6990 (Crossfire Disabled) 1,222 User benchmarks, average bench 21% AMD(1002 0B2A) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Lighting 23.4 Reflection 29.1 Parallax 25.6 19% 26 fps	MRender 23.3 Gravity 24.9 Splatting 18.4 18% 22.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU900 512GB 1,123 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0125A SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 144 279 412 344 182 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 406 Mixed 368 SusWrite 291 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 41.5 140% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 271 217% 303 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 113%
IBM ServeRAID M5015 3TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 271GB free Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 89 85 90 90 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 1,032 Write 937 Mixed 850 SusWrite 91.2 162% 728 MB/s	4K Read 71.9 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 56.5 211% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 220 168% 227 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 210%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 416GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 111 111 113 112 113 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 56 SusWrite 109 68% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 74%
Hitachi HUS724030ALA640 3TB 2,302 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: MF8OAA70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 121 121 123 123 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 122 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 94%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 484GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 85 85 85 86 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 93 Write 98 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 85.2 63% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL7-2GBECO 9905471-006.A00LF 0420 F3-12800CL7-2GBECO 9905471-006.A00LF 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.9% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 54: 8R 4G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
54%	14%	99	64	48	60	24"	1920 1080	DELA07F DELL P2212H

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 30%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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 $113Bench 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: $657

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 $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