MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	101% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130818
Uptime	13.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '20 at 05:02
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 442 60% 445 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 1577) 1.2GB CLim: 732 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	20.6% Poor	Lighting 24.3 Reflection 37.2 Parallax 27.3 20% 29.6 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 25 22% 27.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 110 44 36 34 34 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 481 Mixed 381 SusWrite 96.2 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 56 190% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 225 207% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 118%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 231GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 30 31 31 31 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	14.1% Very poor	Read 34.2 Write 29.8 Mixed 31.7 SusWrite 30.3 7% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 10.2 4K Mixed 9.8 33% 9.93 MB/s	DQ Read 15.6 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 15.6 12% 15.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 97%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 388GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 167 170 171 167 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 139 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 170 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,365x
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 $129Bench 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 $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 $184	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