MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '20 at 09:50
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

Watch Gameplay: 580 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 588 64% 510 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% ASRock(1849 5030) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 77.1 Reflection 73 Parallax 94.4 63% 81.5 fps	MRender 74.8 Gravity 77.2 Splatting 61.3 57% 71.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Q-360 360GB 1,222 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: 124 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 63 37 19 32 81 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 486 Write 26.8 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 54.9 33% 157 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 23.7 4K Mixed 25 120% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 88.2 DQ Mixed 122 96% 136 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 92%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 533GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 465 468 473 474 472 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 476 Mixed 404 SusWrite 467 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 50.7 178% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 121%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 927GB free Firmware: A3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 129 133 132 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 137 Write 133 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 129 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 24.2 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 28.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 103%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,018 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	1,369x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,202x
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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16