MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	45.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (90%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '20 at 00:57
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	90%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 431 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650-$155 259,091 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Gigabyte(1458 4027) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Lighting 56.4 Reflection 54.7 Parallax 57.1 46% 56.1 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 49.4 Splatting 49.5 45% 55.7 fps
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 46%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 77 74 69 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 419 Write 81 Mixed 116 SusWrite 75.5 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 21.1 96% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 72.8 DQ Mixed 105 83% 118 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 121%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 593GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 75 73 79 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 84.3 Write 75.3 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 75.8 55% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 67%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 712GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 108 110 112 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 124 Write 99.5 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 108 71% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 76%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 334GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 120 121 126 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 126 Write 122 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 121 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 20 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 61%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,004 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	1,365x
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 $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 $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