MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 08:55
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 236 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 460 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2302 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 124 Parallax 106 100% 117 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 108 Splatting 108 89% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,488 Write 5,696 Mixed 5990 1,352% 6,058 MB/s	4K Read 654 4K Write 346 4K Mixed 444 1,743% 481 MB/s	DQ Read 1,939 DQ Write 1,596 DQ Mixed 1,700 1,291% 1,745 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 478GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 188 191 192 191 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 147 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 187 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 173GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 140 141 141 141 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 97.7 Write 128 Mixed 66 SusWrite 141 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 203GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 116 116 117 116 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 121 Write 87.8 Mixed 72 SusWrite 114 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 114%
ST316081 2AS 160GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 29GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 70 70 70 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30% Poor	Read 69.3 Write 37.8 Mixed 45.3 SusWrite 69.6 73% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 4x4GB 1,102 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 65%

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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 $290	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 $40	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