MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% 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 Drive	59.8% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '18 at 16:55
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 198 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 406 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 193 Parallax 196 149% 191 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 179 Splatting 123 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 108 103 112 110 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 291 Write 126 Mixed 178 SusWrite 105 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 24.3 121% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 142 103% 134 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 80%
Corsair Force 40GB-$94 346 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 37GB free Firmware: 1.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 45 44 45 46 46 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 114 Write 59.9 Mixed 76.4 SusWrite 45.6 16% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 20.7 86% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 58.6 DQ Mixed 65.2 52% 75 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 44%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 812GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 84 91 91 90 92 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 85.7 Mixed 62 SusWrite 89.4 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 856GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 104 103 103 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 145 Write 128 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 103 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 83%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 137GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 96 98 98 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 118 Write 109 Mixed 58.3 SusWrite 96.7 70% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.2% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.4 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,018 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,369x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,202x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	390x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	319x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	164x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	144x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	84x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	74x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16