MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.1% 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

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

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '20 at 11:48
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 233 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 456 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 107 Parallax 99 84% 103 fps	MRender 91.9 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 95.5 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 141 124 123 126 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 465 Write 190 Mixed 230 SusWrite 125 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 16.6 109% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 29.5 46% 87.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 204GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 106 108 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 117 Write 50.2 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 108 64% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 75%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 140GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 74 75 75 73 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 94.1 Write 92 Mixed 60.6 SusWrite 73.3 59% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 157GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 112 113 114 114 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 179 Write 127 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 113 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 6,575 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.4% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 12 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 77%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,028 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	1,373x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,204x
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	310x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16