MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.8% 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	98.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '21 at 15:32
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 525 71% 527 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$296 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 1F08) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 112 Parallax 116 102% 118 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 105 Splatting 75.7 83% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 28 28 28 31 31 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 461 Mixed 323 SusWrite 66.2 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 52.1 188% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 179 184% 301 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 108%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 77GB free Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 123 54 53 54 53 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 307 Write 221 Mixed 243 SusWrite 91.2 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 31.4 140% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 159 138% 201 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 87%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 32GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 239 258 252 79 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 350 Write 140 Mixed 267 SusWrite 179 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 27.5 106% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 128 130% 208 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 102%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 50GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 58 56 57 58 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 59.5 Write 73.7 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 57.5 46% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,948 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 21 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 22.5 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 70%

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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	1,370x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,203x
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 $80Bench 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

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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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16