MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.9% 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	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.

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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '22 at 10:28
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 474 61% 462 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Asus(1043 05D7) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 22.1.2 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 135 Parallax 289 110% 186 fps	MRender 228 Gravity 142 Splatting 168 145% 179 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT275MX3 275GB 323 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: R070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 351 151 152 146 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 354 Write 470 Mixed 383 SusWrite 224 81% 358 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 39.6 144% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 306 224% 289 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 97%
Gamer L TA1D0240 240GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 110GB free Firmware: 81.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 302 301 302 303 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 221 Mixed 285 SusWrite 300 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 39.4 154% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 224 192% 282 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 601GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 187 187 188 188 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 141 Mixed 93.2 SusWrite 187 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDT72502 250GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 100GB free Firmware: A7BA SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 51 51 51 51 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 25.1 Write 47.1 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 50.6 28% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 34%
Hitachi HDP72503 320GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 206GB free Firmware: A52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 68 66 67 66 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 66.6 Write 66.7 Mixed 38.4 SusWrite 66.6 44% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 63%

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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	1,381x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,216x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	394x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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 $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	146x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	86x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	74x

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Total price: $682

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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