MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '20 at 21:24
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 123 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 474 64% 480 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Lighting 42.6 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 53.3 35% 42.2 fps	MRender 29.2 Gravity 41.2 Splatting 37.8 30% 36.1 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 278 278 279 279 278 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 491 Mixed 372 SusWrite 292 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 55.2 191% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 226 207% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 118%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 119GB free Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 192 201 202 201 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 480 Write 196 Mixed 232 SusWrite 199 61% 277 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 18.8 122% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 57.1 63% 106 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 72%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 112GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 147 147 148 148 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 481 Mixed 401 SusWrite 179 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 60.4 210% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 353 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 115%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 152GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 113 113 113 113 113 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 106 Write 39.3 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 109 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.5% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 20.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 65%

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Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

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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