MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	79.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	9.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '16 at 08:27
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 212 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 557 57% 459 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 155 Parallax 130 114% 142 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 135 Splatting 112 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 191GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2907 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 343 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 61 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3894117350	86.5% Excellent	Read 497 Write 340 Mixed 350 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 26.2 135% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 43.6 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 93.3 83% 120 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 126%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 105905303586812 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 973 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 63 (B7) Unknown 100 100 14 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 40 47247261727 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 455445 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 58 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 93 93 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 455445 (F2) Unknown 100 100 647141 (F9) Unknown 100 100 58247	79.6% Very good	Read 482 Write 248 Mixed 268 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 20.8 118% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 48.9 89% 176 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 91%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 1TB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 142GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 22 Mixed 18.4 29% 24 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.1 30% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x4GB 899 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 16.7 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 67%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,010 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	1,367x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,199x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	146x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $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