MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


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 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.9% 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	61.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '20 at 14:26
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	8%

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 i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 113 2-Core 216 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 395 55% 405 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.8.2 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Lighting 49.5 Reflection 33 Parallax 0.09 40% 27.5 fps	MRender 31.6 Gravity 48.3 Splatting 41.1 33% 40.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 55 7.2 27 54 56 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 393 Write 160 Mixed 283 SusWrite 52.3 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 24.1 128% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 70.2 DQ Mixed 12.3 37% 81.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3160318AS 160GB-$43 15,932 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 112GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 94 94 93 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 96.9 Write 96.3 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 93.2 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 58%
Seagate ST3250312AS 250GB-$32 19,180 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 77GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 89 89 87 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 116 Write 124 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 87.6 73% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3200827AS 200GB-$128 2,755 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 160GB free Firmware: 3.AAH SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 62.9 Write 28.2 Mixed 40.6 SusWrite 55.4 35% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-035.A00LF 1x8GB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	34.3% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 9.4 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.1 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 34%

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

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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