MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	58.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (77%). 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	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '21 at 04:46
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	77%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 75.7 2-Core 157 63% 106 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 308 38% 290 Pts	64-Core 309 19% 309 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Lighting 73.3 Reflection 75.1 Parallax 69.2 60% 72.5 fps	MRender 66.2 Gravity 72 Splatting 67.4 56% 68.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 137GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 337 313 311 311 312 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 423 Mixed 362 SusWrite 326 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 55.3 183% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 722GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 110 118 118 117 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 38.4 Write 64.8 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 116 47% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.2 95% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 565GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 151 151 146 150 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 151 Mixed 93.9 SusWrite 150 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0118 64D0JHHH-HS 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.7% Average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 15.3 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 52%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,046 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	1,379x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,214x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	391x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	323x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $75Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	145x

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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $512

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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