MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 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	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '19 at 11:57
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 223 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 596 60% 485 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% HP(103C 82FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.3% Very good	Lighting 96.6 Reflection 109 Parallax 93.3 79% 99.7 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 94.7 77% 94.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 133 128 152 152 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 336 Write 174 Mixed 216 SusWrite 141 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 38.5 150% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 136 115% 166 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 83%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 114 115 112 115 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 117 Write 134 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 113 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 72%
Hitachi HTS543232A7A384 320GB-$40 17,642 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 162GB free Firmware: ES2OA60W SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 80 81 81 80 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 84.4 Write 61.5 Mixed 45.6 SusWrite 79.7 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 46%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 465GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 72.2 Mixed 38.9 42% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 1,780 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 91%

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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 $127Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $597

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