MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics88% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive96.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7816
MotherboardMSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816)  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150509
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 10 '18 at 19:06
Run Duration172 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU5%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86% Excellent
Memory 93.4
1-Core 118
2-Core 234
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 455
8-Core 452
61% 453 Pts
64-Core 452
28% 452 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 86%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
88% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 116
Parallax 100
91% 109 fps
MRender 96
Gravity 102
Splatting 104
83% 101 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
58GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 514
Write 415
Mixed 423
100% 451 MB/s
4K Read 44.8
4K Write 94.1
4K Mixed 47.7
179% 62.2 MB/s
DQ Read 356
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 110
139% 249 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 115%
Great: 124%
Plextor M5 Pro 128GB-$130
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.08 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
96.9% Outstanding
Read 505
Write 316
Mixed 380
89% 400 MB/s
4K Read 33.6
4K Write 81.4
4K Mixed 37.7
142% 50.9 MB/s
DQ Read 328
DQ Write 290
DQ Mixed 89.1
127% 236 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 96.9%
Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128
401GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
62.2% Good
Read 115
Write 101
Mixed 98.8
79% 105 MB/s
4K Read 1.19
4K Write 1.99
4K Mixed 0.38
128% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 62.2%
Great: 74%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 200GB
4GB free
Firmware: 3.AAA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
20% Poor
Read 33.6
Write 36
Mixed 34.5
26% 34.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.38
4K Write 1.06
4K Mixed 0.22
60% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 20%
Great: 34%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
60.7% Good
MC Read 20.9
MC Write 22.4
MC Mixed 18.8
59% 20.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 21.2
SC Mixed 19.7
55% 19.1 GB/s
Latency 61.3
65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 60.7%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-G43 (MS-7816) Builds (Compare 1,291 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $475
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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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