MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	88.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '19 at 10:25
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 419 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 208 Parallax 195 136% 190 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 189 Splatting 126 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507K SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 194 135 138 127 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 368 Write 245 Mixed 274 SusWrite 158 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 49.8 176% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 164 136% 195 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 94%
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 436GB free Firmware: SBFK SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 407 408 391 99 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 259 Mixed 349 SusWrite 303 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 43.8 164% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 199 174% 256 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 62GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 174 161 159 163 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 140 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 171 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 114% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 12GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 117 113 118 112 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 125 Write 36 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 114 64% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 77%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 0GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 76.5 Write 29 Mixed 43.5 37% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 75%
Seagate ST3160811AS 160GB-$45 4,832 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 5GB free Firmware: 3.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 66 66 67 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 33 Mixed 41 SusWrite 66.2 38% 51.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 28.8 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 26.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,371x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,203x
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	310x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16