MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.3% 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	111% 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '22 at 21:07
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 136 2-Core 263 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 722 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.5% 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: 1616 MHz, MLim: 1990 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 129 Parallax 114 92% 119 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 111 Splatting 96.9 86% 107 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 241GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 412 430 439 396 352 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 469 Mixed 414 SusWrite 366 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 67.8 228% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 364 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 EVO mSATA 500GB 1,650 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT44B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 319 314 308 291 297 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 484 Mixed 445 SusWrite 280 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 42.8 190% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 250 215% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 311GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 117 118 119 111 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 135 Write 128 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 111 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 221GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 141 140 141 132 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 119 Write 121 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 131 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$71 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 31GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 36 37 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 57.2 Write 56.2 Mixed 41.6 SusWrite 38 36% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 41%
General UDisk 4GB 5,358 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 7.9 7.8 7.6 7 7.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	5.96% Terrible	Read 14.7 Write 5.5 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 7.3 9% 7.93 MB/s	4K Read 9.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 35% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.96% Great: 9%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 128GB 965 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 53GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 60 60 60 56 58 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 92.4 Write 63.2 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 57.5 91% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 8.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 4.5 268% 5.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-8GAR 0420 F3-1600C9-8GAR 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 32GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.1 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 63%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,018 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	1,369x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,202x
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 $79Bench 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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16