MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	20.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140326
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '19 at 07:48
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 595 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Asus(1043 04DF) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 63.9 Parallax 93.2 61% 77.4 fps	MRender 63.4 Gravity 63 Splatting 82 58% 69.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 34 37 35 33 35 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	20.6% Poor	Read 152 Write 26.8 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 45.3 16% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 8.8 39% 10.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 663GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 166 166 166 166 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 154 Mixed 104 SusWrite 165 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 109%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 437GB free Firmware: JP4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 110 105 107 107 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	60% Above average	Read 102 Write 104 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 107 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 74%
WDC WD20 EZRZ-00Z5HB0 2TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 336GB free, PID 8561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 143 143 143 142 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 110 Write 112 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 142 146% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 123% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 88%

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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 4,055 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	1,381x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,215x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	394x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	323x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $65Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	146x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	85x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	74x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16