MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.6% 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	114% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '19 at 22:25
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 234 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 497 67% 499 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 8469) 3GB CLim: 1328 MHz, MLim: 1577 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Lighting 54.8 Reflection 52.8 Parallax 69.1 45% 58.9 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 67.6 Splatting 51 50% 62.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 283 238 94 106 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 446 Mixed 382 SusWrite 204 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 65.3 214% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Lio-org FILEIO 1TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 297GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 23 20 22 22 21 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 48 Write 35.2 Mixed 9 SusWrite 22 6% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 7.3 25% 7.4 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 29%
Lio-org FILEIO 537GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 481GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 23 20 22 22 21 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 6% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF KHX2400C11D3/4GX 99U5471-012.A00LF KHX2400C11D3/4GX 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 2400, 1333, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.9% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 51%

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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 4,010 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 $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 $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