MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	136% 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	144% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '18 at 20:17
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 695 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 208 Parallax 206 157% 202 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 190 Splatting 134 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 501GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 664 535 287 219 241 244 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 985 Write 923 Mixed 558 SusWrite 365 158% 708 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 56.5 196% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 400 DQ Write 547 DQ Mixed 385 316% 444 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 445%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 8TB 382 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 44 46 51 49 48 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 208 Write 37.9 Mixed 67.6 SusWrite 46.6 66% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 168%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 1,852 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 050B SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 156 160 158 160 160 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 145 Write 120 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 158 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1867, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.2 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 66%

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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%

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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	1,367x
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