MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 3 years ago.

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 Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '20 at 02:27
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$65 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 198 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 568 63% 495 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 148 Parallax 136 107% 139 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 111 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 250 278 278 274 276 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 489 Mixed 364 SusWrite 264 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 54.7 188% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 224 207% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 118%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 548GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 24 14 60 10 45 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 459 Write 328 Mixed 326 SusWrite 42.7 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 11.9 70% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 81.9 DQ Mixed 19.7 36% 71.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 58%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 653GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 112 109 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 114 Write 110 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 111 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 302GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 120 119 119 117 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 98.3 Mixed 74 SusWrite 118 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 20.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 61%

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Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $597

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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