MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	55.5% 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)
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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '18 at 16:24
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (40^th 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 203 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 319 34% 272 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3287) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 68.8 Parallax 65.8 55% 67.3 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 66.1 Splatting 69 57% 69.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 466 Write 415 Mixed 66.3 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 38.7 139% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 175 159% 243 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 324GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 39 40 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 129 Write 39.5 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 39.3 47% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 103% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 211 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 14.4 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	1,364x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,196x
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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Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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