MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	66.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131202
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '20 at 00:15
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^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-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	43.3% Average	Memory 58.6 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 109 48% 80.2 Pts	4-Core 161 8-Core 180 22% 170 Pts	64-Core 193 12% 193 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% ASRock(1849 5120) ≥ 4GB Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.9.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.3% Good	Lighting 66 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 181 54% 106 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 127 90% 108 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 20 24 23 21 25 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 413GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 135 137 137 137 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 123 Write 99.5 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 136 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.4 415% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 145 146 146 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 127 Write 150 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 145 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.5 428% 3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	40.4% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 13.4 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 132 30% 132 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,366x
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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $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