MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	115% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 5 years ago, 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	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '19 at 18:31
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 664 71% 565 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 204 Parallax 205 142% 194 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 186 Splatting 134 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 153 150 158 150 156 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 493 Mixed 391 SusWrite 179 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 62.9 217% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 371GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 435 445 444 450 450 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 493 Mixed 400 SusWrite 424 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 65.9 223% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 209GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 286 287 288 287 287 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 492 Mixed 412 SusWrite 292 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 64.6 220% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 180 190 204 181 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 125 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 186 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2.5 435% 3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0420 F3-2400C11-8GAB 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0420 F3-2400C11-8GAB 32GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 26.6 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 82%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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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