MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131202
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '20 at 21:40
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	22%

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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 i5-4590S-$79 11,598 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 189 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 346 45% 338 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3773) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 109 Parallax 104 85% 106 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 91.3 Splatting 94.7 77% 93.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 439 Write 423 Mixed 278 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 48.6 175% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 172 180% 297 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 108GB free Firmware: UE450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 32 114 84 88 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 394 Write 232 Mixed 251 SusWrite 102 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 31.7 4K Mixed 16.8 69% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 84 DQ Mixed 41.8 47% 81.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 53%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 181GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 137 137 138 138 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 93 Write 100 Mixed 63 SusWrite 136 72% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,140 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 491GB free, PID a00a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 89 91 90 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 93.5 Write 94 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 90.1 104% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 44%
OLYMPUS TG-5 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 15GB free, PID 012e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 7.4 6.8 6.9 6.6 6.8 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	8.67% Terrible	Read 24 Write 5.2 Mixed 10 SusWrite 6.8 13% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.5 95% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.67% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-026.A00LF 2x4GB 1,756 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.5% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 8 25% 8.67 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 7.7 23% 8.1 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 51%

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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 4,009 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	1,366x
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 $274	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 $184	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