MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89%, 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.
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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '18 at 15:31
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 493 65% 490 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 3102) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Lighting 22 Reflection 17.6 Parallax 20.5 18% 20 fps	MRender 25.8 Gravity 22.9 Splatting 17.3 18% 22 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 19%
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C307) ≥ 4GB; MSI GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 149 Parallax 128 117% 140 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 134 Splatting 112 96% 118 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 513 Write 410 Mixed 302 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 40.1 148% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 65.9 127% 254 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 104%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 43GB free Firmware: 05.06H05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 53 52 50 50 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 61.5 Write 62.3 Mixed 42 SusWrite 50.8 40% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 59%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 91GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 103 103 104 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 131 Write 116 Mixed 63 SusWrite 104 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.6 444% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 463GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 120 120 116 119 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 126 Write 124 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 119 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 69%
Kingston DT microDuo 3.0 16GB 1,102 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 14GB free, PID 16a3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 9.6 8.8 9.2 9.6 9.6 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	10% Very poor	Read 40.2 Write 17.8 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 9.6 20% 18.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 35% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 63%

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Typical Z87-G43 (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 1,292 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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