MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.6% 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	45.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '19 at 13:57
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 584 64% 508 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.6% 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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 113 90% 112 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 92.8 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 106 115 115 113 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 237 Write 126 Mixed 140 SusWrite 115 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 22.2 81% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 65 DQ Mixed 60.9 56% 87.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 48%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 68GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 356 240 165 152 147 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 482 Mixed 388 SusWrite 255 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 59.4 198% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 718GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 138 140 141 141 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 148 Write 120 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 139 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 651GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 117 118 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 101 Write 93 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 117 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 76%

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 (87^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.9 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.6 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 62%

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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 4,003 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