MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.48% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130923
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 15:18
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4170-$59 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 98 2-Core 144 70% 113 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 248 32% 240 Pts	64-Core 261 16% 261 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 84F6) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.48% Terrible	Lighting 4.3 Reflection 5 Parallax 3.47 4% 4.26 fps	MRender 5.76 Gravity 4.27 Splatting 3.09 3% 4.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.48% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST1000DM003-1SB10C 240GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 222GB free Firmware: R1127A SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 421 421 439 442 412 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 433 Mixed 350 SusWrite 423 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 23.7 127% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 35.2 73% 146 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 91%
Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH162 500GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 195GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 100 100 101 102 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 120 Write 124 Mixed 64 SusWrite 100 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 626GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 76 88 94 95 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 162 Write 162 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 90 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	65.9% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.4 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 20.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 73%

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

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Typical Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 614 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	169x
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	42x

SSD
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	24x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	22x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 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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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $587

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16