MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	99.6% 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	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	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '20 at 22:34
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 135 2-Core 267 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 722 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 376B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 196 Parallax 190 146% 188 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 174 Splatting 121 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mz7ge960hmhp-000m3 00FN333 00FN336IBM 960GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 299GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CA31 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 382 178 158 246 237 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 380 Mixed 286 SusWrite 264 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43.1 161% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 277 223% 313 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 106%
Liteonit LCT-256M3S-41 7mm 256GB FDE 294 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 13GB free Firmware: SRDB Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 476 Write 354 Mixed 273 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 39.4 147% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 172 158% 243 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 571GB free Firmware: CC9D SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 162 162 168 167 165 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 116 Mixed 83 SusWrite 162 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB-$37 11,382 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 231GB free Firmware: MKAOAA50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 80 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 78.3 Write 86.2 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 81.8 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop 8TB 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 5TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 163 166 168 160 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 110 Write 112 Mixed 95.5 SusWrite 162 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.7 330% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 32GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1867, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	66.8% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 18.5 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 23.8 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 67%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,024 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 44%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,371x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,203x
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	310x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16