MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77% 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	83.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130818
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '20 at 11:18
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 230 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 586 64% 508 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 99.3 Reflection 105 Parallax 105 81% 103 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 76.9 69% 85.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 157 62 61 61 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 427 Write 460 Mixed 315 SusWrite 139 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 42.3 153% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 181 155% 221 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 107%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 12GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 505 Write 222 Mixed 269 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 60.8 207% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 247 216% 321 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 51GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 443 353 312 310 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 491 Mixed 462 SusWrite 364 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 63.8 215% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.6% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 7.9 25% 8.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 9.1 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.6% 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 4,010 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $597

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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