MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	87.4% 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	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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	13.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '19 at 15:20
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 595 60% 487 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7821) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 373E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 155 Parallax 167 132% 161 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 141 Splatting 105 114% 144 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 42GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 222 100 64 64 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 443 Mixed 403 SusWrite 160 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 51.1 173% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 244 216% 325 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 126%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 393 316 127 135 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 356 Write 396 Mixed 256 SusWrite 249 71% 314 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 35.3 143% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 310 236% 319 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 106%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 785GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 116 117 113 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 52 Write 131 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 100 56% 77 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.7 326% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 94%
Synology iSCSI Storage 537GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 69GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 31 32 28 22 25 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 62%

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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 4,003 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	1,365x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,198x
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	145x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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