MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	57.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '20 at 22:43
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 187 79% 132 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 598 58% 479 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 148 Parallax 138 115% 142 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 108 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 100 4.6 90 4 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 448 Write 62 Mixed 116 SusWrite 44.5 36% 168 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 33.1 4K Mixed 25.5 93% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 89.2 DQ Mixed 112 104% 167 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 89%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 340GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 147 148 146 148 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 155 Write 140 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 148 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 269GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 68 67 68 67 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 65.5 Write 68.5 Mixed 57 SusWrite 68 48% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 18.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 21.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 63%

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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 4,010 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