MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130606
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '20 at 09:28
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 207 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 523 55% 440 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 13D3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.6% Good	Lighting 87.9 Reflection 79.9 Parallax 74.1 72% 80.6 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 73 Splatting 69.2 66% 82.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 31 31 29 27 29 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.8% Average	Read 264 Write 57 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 30.7 23% 108 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 18.3 80% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 41.6 DQ Mixed 46 64% 124 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 73%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 42GB free Firmware: 00RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 169 64 70 97 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 421 Write 278 Mixed 164 SusWrite 109 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 27.1 134% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 162 164% 268 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 108%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 53GB free Firmware: A230 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 78 80 80 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 77.7 Write 83.8 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 79.7 48% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 72%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 77GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 84 88 91 86 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 83.5 Write 85.5 Mixed 55 SusWrite 85.6 57% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV8GX3M2A1333C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMV8GX3M2A1333C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.8% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 15.9 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 57%

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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