MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.6% 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	77.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	11.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '18 at 22:02
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 89.8 2-Core 150 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 458 45% 366 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% MSI(1462 2983) 3GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.6% Above average	Lighting 65.9 Reflection 56.8 Parallax 84.1 54% 68.9 fps	MRender 77.6 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 50.1 53% 67.3 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 22 23 23 22 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 444 Write 364 Mixed 275 SusWrite 31.6 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 41.3 135% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 182 184% 297 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 194GB free Firmware: BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 281 281 280 280 281 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 393 Mixed 338 SusWrite 291 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 42.4 142% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 225 206% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 118%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 397GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 47 24 24 24 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 136 Write 125 Mixed 72 SusWrite 33.1 68% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 105%
WD Gold 12TB (2017)-$279 1,221 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 3TB free Firmware: 1H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 160 164 156 161 164 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 73 Write 147 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 161 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 0.4 206% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 138%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 3,779 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 202GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 4.4 4 3.5 3.7 3.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	1.55% Terrible	Read 5 Write 5.5 Mixed 4 SusWrite 3.8 6% 4.57 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 1.55% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 61%

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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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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