MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D 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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '21 at 16:54
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 80.5 2-Core 187 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 588 54% 454 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% MSI(1462 3973) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.6% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 110 Parallax 113 100% 115 fps	MRender 169 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 63.9 79% 103 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 373 Write 293 Mixed 226 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 24.4 89% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 81.1 106% 197 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB 8,393 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 48GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 293 137 120 108 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 417 Write 395 Mixed 355 SusWrite 170 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 31.4 112% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 284 206% 273 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 134%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2GB free Firmware: 0.1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 73.2 Write 70.5 Mixed 58.5 50% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 37.5 Write 38.8 Mixed 38 SusWrite 38.4 28% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 7 1,182% 6.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 18.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.5 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 61%

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

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,010 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 $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