MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.5% 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	113% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 23:04
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 416 55% 415 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 116 Parallax 103 89% 109 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 101 Splatting 94.9 79% 96.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 325 412 414 413 383 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 412 Mixed 404 SusWrite 368 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 56.7 179% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 301 243% 344 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 125%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 306GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 69 69 70 70 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 93 Write 90.7 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 68.9 61% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 67%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 114 127 126 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 124 Write 118 Mixed 87.3 SusWrite 119 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 99%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 900GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 108 108 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 108 Write 100 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 107 69% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 86%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 105 104 104 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 133 Write 142 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 104 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 83%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 119 118 119 119 119 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 114 Write 107 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 118 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 17 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,004 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 $127Bench 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 $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 $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 $182	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) $30	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