MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '19 at 19:48
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (99^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 235 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 621 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 84%

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: 432.0 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 186 Parallax 169 149% 179 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 177 Splatting 122 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 886GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 377 421 428 429 429 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 491 Mixed 413 SusWrite 395 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 51.9 186% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 121%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 899GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 378 421 428 429 429 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 492 Mixed 423 SusWrite 395 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 53.1 191% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 121%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2TB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 148 148 147 146 147 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 509 Write 141 Mixed 160 SusWrite 147 52% 239 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 30.6 134% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 155 136% 209 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 144 144 144 145 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 152 Write 135 Mixed 85 SusWrite 144 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 3TB 2,934 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1TB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 40 39 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 88.2 Write 30.7 Mixed 16 SusWrite 39.4 32% 43.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 65% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.8 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 24.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 80%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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