MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.2% 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	128% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130816
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '19 at 21:31
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$99 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 80.3 2-Core 193 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 352 46% 345 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1411 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.3.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Lighting 72.9 Reflection 71.2 Parallax 88.5 59% 77.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO 250G 250GB 3,453 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 445 349 284 286 312 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 461 Mixed 429 SusWrite 353 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 63.3 230% 86 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 359 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 122%
Ct1000mx 50 1TB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 301GB free Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 429 432 423 399 400 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 431 Mixed 417 SusWrite 418 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 59.2 205% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 304 245% 346 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 651GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 143 143 143 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 110 Write 109 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 143 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	401x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	210x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	94x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	93x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $487

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16