MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (21%). 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	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 06:20
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 96.2 2-Core 209 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 543 54% 442 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	58.5% Above average	Lighting 66.1 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 62 54% 68.1 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 65.8 Splatting 86.2 67% 82.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 114 88 87 93 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 446 Write 218 Mixed 322 SusWrite 135 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 34 136% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 187 165% 244 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 102%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 193GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 401 422 425 459 466 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 476 Mixed 399 SusWrite 427 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 57.1 189% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
PNY CS2211 480GB-$70 2,197 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 57GB free Firmware: CS221017 SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 402 422 358 102 400 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 485 Mixed 372 SusWrite 345 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 38.6 142% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 185 184% 294 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 11GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 20 20 20 21 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 96.2 Write 20.5 Mixed 26.7 SusWrite 20.2 43% 40.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.2 88% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-2400-MR 2x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 88%

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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 4,004 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	1,365x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,198x
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	145x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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