MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.8% 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.

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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '18 at 19:43
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 238 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 595 63% 505 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 99.6 86% 106 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 89.6 76% 93.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 163 193 206 210 208 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 442 Write 100 Mixed 129 SusWrite 198 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 24.2 119% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 56.9 90% 179 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 142GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 472 473 475 479 479 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 481 Mixed 414 SusWrite 459 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 66.9 226% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 151 153 155 154 155 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 162 Write 133 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 152 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 114%
Kobo eReader-4.8.1107 3GB 3GB free, PID 4226 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 15 Write 9.5 Mixed 15 16% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 92% 0.9 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 62%

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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 $129Bench 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