MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 81.8%, 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	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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '19 at 18:10
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (92^nd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 215 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 587 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.8% 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 108 Reflection 112 Parallax 101 88% 107 fps	MRender 91.9 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 80.4 73% 89.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% 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: 132 126 115 112 110 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 236 Write 114 Mixed 119 SusWrite 116 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 22.5 80% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 65.3 DQ Mixed 61.2 56% 87.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 48%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 38GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 253 130 131 98 95 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 479 Mixed 398 SusWrite 194 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 60.9 202% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 718GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 144 137 141 142 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 151 Write 117 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 140 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.9 146% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 651GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 102 102 102 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 118 Write 111 Mixed 107 SusWrite 101 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.1% 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.9 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 20 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 62%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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