MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150509
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '19 at 18:30
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 88.4 2-Core 194 69% 121 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 367 46% 352 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 89.9 Parallax 165 92% 123 fps	MRender 89.1 Gravity 124 Splatting 128 95% 114 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 461 Write 440 Mixed 286 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 44.6 156% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 174 172% 276 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 37GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 243 214 201 210 219 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60% Good	Read 377 Write 308 Mixed 310 SusWrite 221 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 21.6 4K Mixed 25 79% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 87.9 DQ Mixed 97.3 86% 132 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 65%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 227GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 98 93 98 93 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 124 Write 113 Mixed 73 SusWrite 94.8 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 112%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 422GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 89 89 89 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 47.5 Write 52.5 Mixed 32 SusWrite 88.9 40% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 51%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 149 149 149 148 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 156 Write 148 Mixed 83.6 SusWrite 147 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-014.A00LF 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 9905584-003.A00LF 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.9% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.4 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns

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

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	93x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 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: 60% - Good

Total price: $624

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