MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.77% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	81.9% 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.
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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	12.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '17 at 12:28
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	32%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 203 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 531 57% 455 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7750 22,655 User benchmarks, average bench 8% MSI(1462 2792) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.77% Terrible	Lighting 11.6 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 13.9 10% 12.7 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 10.1 Splatting 15.6 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.77% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 9672 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1777 (A5) Unknown 100 100 846281836867 (A6) Unknown 100 100 14 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 77 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 54 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 46 197569675301 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622941546004 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7100 (EA) Unknown 100 100 24926 (F1) Unknown 253 253 19147 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12806 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	81.9% Excellent	Read 457 Write 319 Mixed 312 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 20.8 110% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 51.5 96% 195 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 101%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 51GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3463 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 623 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 71 57 184684773405 (F1) Unknown 100 100 66378	78.2% Very good	Read 500 Write 341 Mixed 339 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 9.86 90% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 45.6 95% 197 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2133 CL9 4GB 4x4GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 102%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,027 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	1,372x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,204x
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	310x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16