MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.7% 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	116% 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

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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '20 at 22:02
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 632 66% 529 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Lighting 74.3 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 67.2 61% 72.8 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 70.9 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$36 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 299 311 308 308 293 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 490 Mixed 463 SusWrite 298 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 57.6 198% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 364 274% 367 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 128%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 378GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 189 188 191 188 189 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 7.7 Write 47.3 Mixed 7.2 SusWrite 189 45% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.7 328% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 603GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 191 190 190 191 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 133 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 190 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.5 429% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 154 156 158 159 159 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1601 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 63%

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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 4,056 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	1,381x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,216x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	394x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	323x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	146x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	86x
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: 60% - Good

Total price: $682

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16