MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	83.3% 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 (65%). 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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 06:47
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 222 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 542 56% 453 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82% 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: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 158 Parallax 135 117% 146 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 139 Splatting 116 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 210 95 95 104 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 460 Write 390 Mixed 335 SusWrite 160 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 34.9 138% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 198 176% 262 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 102%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 193GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 437 460 474 464 478 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 480 Mixed 399 SusWrite 452 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 45 157% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 359 271% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
PNY CS2211 480GB-$70 2,197 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 56GB free Firmware: CS221017 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 427 296 162 415 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 494 Mixed 372 SusWrite 288 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 41.1 151% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 185 179% 281 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 113%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 25.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 24.4 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 81.3% 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 4,010 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