MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% 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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '19 at 02:03
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 182 76% 127 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 490 49% 399 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 179 Parallax 163 134% 169 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 163 Splatting 112 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo mSATA 250GB-$299 1,431 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT43B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 239 219 253 254 253 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 450 Mixed 347 SusWrite 249 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 48.7 168% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 232 210% 319 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 571GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 444 493 497 504 502 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 643 Write 594 Mixed 492 SusWrite 484 124% 553 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 37.1 133% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 417 DQ Mixed 374 288% 390 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 291%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 863GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1548 1545 974 104 105 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,422 Write 1,543 Mixed 1,084 SusWrite 730 268% 1,194 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 74.9 262% 95.8 MB/s	DQ Read 628 DQ Write 877 DQ Mixed 272 340% 592 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 197 201 200 200 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 154 Mixed 92 SusWrite 199 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 589GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 150 151 153 153 151 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 118 Write 138 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 151 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1.3 264% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	65.6% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 21 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 20.4 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 72%

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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%

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 $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 $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