MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.2% 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	124% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '21 at 15:32
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 250 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 726 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1581 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 124 Parallax 110 90% 115 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 106 Splatting 96.6 84% 104 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 59GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 440 277 107 102 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 462 Mixed 434 SusWrite 220 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 70.9 237% 84.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 EVO mSATA 500GB 1,650 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT44B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 331 321 322 321 320 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 494 Mixed 472 SusWrite 313 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 63.3 220% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 364 274% 367 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 153GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 172 171 171 169 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 153 Mixed 82.9 SusWrite 167 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 216% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 109%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 128GB 965 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 62GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 28 32 30 29 31 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	21.8% Poor	Read 91.8 Write 14.7 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 28.2 33% 34.1 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 40% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 46%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 128GB 763 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 14GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 60 60 60 60 59 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 93 Write 57.5 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 56.3 87% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 8.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 4.1 273% 5.17 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-1600C9-8GAR 0420 F3-1600C9-8GAR 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 63%

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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 4,009 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	1,366x
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