MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

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Run History

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '20 at 03:45
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 210 85% 144 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 598 65% 514 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1530 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Lighting 72.1 Reflection 73 Parallax 65.9 59% 70.3 fps	MRender 78.7 Gravity 66.7 Splatting 61.4 56% 68.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 489 Write 490 Mixed 324 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 54.4 193% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 184 188% 304 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Corsair Force LS 60GB-$57 3,190 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 18GB free Firmware: S8FM06.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 99 98 97 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 510 Write 98.8 Mixed 142 SusWrite 97.9 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 22.9 112% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 94 DQ Mixed 64.6 62% 98.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 89%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 712GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 88 88 88 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 84.5 Write 80.5 Mixed 51.4 SusWrite 87 56% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21.9 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 24.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 85%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

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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	1,196x
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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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) $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