MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	16.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '19 at 19:57
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 as expected (46^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 197 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 532 53% 433 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.5% Good	Lighting 63.6 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.2 52% 89.2 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 96.9 77% 93.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 83 78 82 79 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 142 Write 112 Mixed 134 SusWrite 79.4 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 31.2 120% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 107 84% 117 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 61%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 19GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 169 193 180 168 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 328 Write 182 Mixed 236 SusWrite 179 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 39.5 136% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 183 150% 218 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 88%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 142GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 357 386 398 402 374 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 436 Mixed 428 SusWrite 372 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 52.3 167% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 350 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 29GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 146 145 144 145 145 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 449 Mixed 365 SusWrite 172 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 43.8 157% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 171 176% 288 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 427GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 70 75 71 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 64 Write 67.8 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 73.3 47% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 407GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 93 92 92 90 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 81.8 Write 77.7 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 92 55% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 9905403-447.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/8G 9905403-447.A00LF 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.5% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.6 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 50%

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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