MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	82.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '18 at 14:22
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 692 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 192 Parallax 196 145% 189 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 171 Splatting 115 109% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 112 102 110 107 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 434 Write 144 Mixed 196 SusWrite 110 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 41.8 166% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 39.1 67% 132 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 101GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 206 197 207 202 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 274 Mixed 275 SusWrite 203 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 43 170% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 41.1 92% 189 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 418GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 93 94 93 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 117 Write 111 Mixed 102 SusWrite 92.8 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 67%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 634GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 110 110 112 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 117 Write 99.8 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 110 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 2,880 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	69.7% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 22.6 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 71%

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

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 44%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,366x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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