MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.6% 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	83.3% 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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '19 at 22:51
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 below expectations (33^rd percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 166 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 501 50% 406 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 114 Parallax 107 94% 112 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 81.1 84% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 mSATA 256GB-$150 304 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 189 176 165 126 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 471 Write 322 Mixed 186 SusWrite 174 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 33.6 140% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 120 127% 213 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 91%
R580 240GB 240GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 26GB free Firmware: 02T130S4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 64 71 13 65 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 470 Write 353 Mixed 354 SusWrite 105 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 34.6 140% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 52.2 106% 211 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 83%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 9GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 78 77 75 73 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 133 Write 99.3 Mixed 126 SusWrite 75.4 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 27.3 114% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 85.9 72% 104 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 73%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 12GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 497 Write 451 Mixed 382 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 36.4 144% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 77.7 DQ Mixed 19.7 58% 132 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 102%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 64GB free Firmware: 3.AFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 62 61 61 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 45 Write 49.3 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 61.1 35% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.6% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7.6 24% 8.37 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 8 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 86%

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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 4,002 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	1,364x
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 $46

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