MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '19 at 15:57
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 189 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 468 50% 398 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 81.8 Parallax 73.2 66% 78.5 fps	MRender 79.6 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 65.3 59% 72.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 229 200 179 161 151 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 330 Mixed 277 SusWrite 198 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 39.8 150% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 143 159% 270 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 110%
Seagate ST3640323AS 640GB-$134 2,758 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 595GB free Firmware: SD35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 119 118 118 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 113 Write 35.7 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 118 60% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 66%
Samsung HD401LJ 400GB 1,767 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 372GB free Firmware: ZZ100-15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 67 68 68 69 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 73.5 Write 78.5 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 67.7 50% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 190% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 13.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 71%

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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 $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