MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	104% 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.

High background CPU (21%). 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, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '19 at 01:32
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 255 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 509 66% 500 Pts	64-Core 494 30% 494 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 0553) 2GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.10.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Lighting 18.4 Reflection 27.8 Parallax 26.8 15% 24.4 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 18 Splatting 29.8 21% 24.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 388 389 319 320 330 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 409 Mixed 298 SusWrite 359 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 43 157% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 156 166% 276 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$28 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 28GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 81 97 92 77 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 468 Write 352 Mixed 392 SusWrite 142 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 29.1 143% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 48.6 102% 205 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAB 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAB KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.2 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.9% 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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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	1,373x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,204x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	391x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	320x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16