MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	118% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '20 at 08:56
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 202 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 663 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C307) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 140 Parallax 119 106% 130 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 128 Splatting 108 91% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 380 273 250 199 198 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 475 Mixed 362 SusWrite 291 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61.8 209% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 270% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 136GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 373 327 327 328 328 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 476 Mixed 355 SusWrite 355 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 62.5 212% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 346 264% 357 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%
Intenso USB 3.0 device 4TB 411 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 89GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 37 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 37.2 Write 37.2 Mixed 29.4 SusWrite 37.6 26% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 100%
Intenso External USB 3.0 4TB 638 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 347GB free Firmware: 2210 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 118 117 117 120 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 101 Write 92 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 118 71% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 97%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 456 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 17GB free, PID a00a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 71 68 68 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 63.7 Write 60.7 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 68.9 74% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 62% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 44%
WDC WD10 EARS-22Y5B1 1TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 232GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 33.5 Write 30.2 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 36.1 42% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 64% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 18%

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 @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 15.9 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 63%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,010 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 $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

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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