MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 10 '19 at 14:32
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 450 58% 440 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 153 Parallax 130 115% 141 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 139 Splatting 115 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 20 23 25 26 24 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 466 Mixed 299 SusWrite 59.9 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 53.4 193% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 176 183% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 20GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 514 Write 467 Mixed 451 106% 478 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 62 209% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 430GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 167 165 169 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 147 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 167 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 187% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.9 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 63%

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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	143x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	92x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $475

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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