MSI ZH87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 108%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics152% 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.
Boot Drive113% 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7816
MotherboardMSI ZH87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)  (all builds)
Memory5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131203
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 30 '22 at 02:09
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
72.6% Very good
Memory 85.6
1-Core 103
2-Core 196
74% 128 Pts
4-Core 323
8-Core 487
50% 405 Pts
64-Core 504
31% 504 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 522.33
Performing below potential (72nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
152% Outstanding
Lighting 225
Reflection 203
Parallax 195
183% 208 fps
MRender 196
Gravity 152
Splatting 134
128% 160 fps
Poor: 135%
This bench: 152%
Great: 158%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$99
897GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 324 446 458 460 460 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 487
Write 459
Mixed 439
SusWrite 396
100% 445 MB/s
4K Read 41.6
4K Write 75.9
4K Mixed 52.7
171% 56.7 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 359
270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 82%
This bench: 113%
Great: 137%
Fujitsu SSD128GB 128GB
27GB free
Firmware: 2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 20 20 20 20 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
52.4% Above average
Read 376
Write 29.1
Mixed 42.9
SusWrite 19.6
25% 117 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 22.5
4K Mixed 32.1
102% 28.9 MB/s
DQ Read 159
DQ Write 29.3
DQ Mixed 43
45% 77.2 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 52.4%
Great: 80%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
129GB free
Firmware: 1A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 81 81 82 81 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
51.3% Above average
Read 97.3
Write 90.8
Mixed 94.8
SusWrite 81.1
68% 91 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 51.3%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
56.2% Above average
MC Read 20.2
MC Write 21.6
MC Mixed 16.9
56% 19.6 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 19.7
SC Mixed 16.2
48% 16.7 GB/s
Latency 71.6
56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical ZH87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 8 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 105%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 86%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI ZH87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $559
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