MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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.
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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '22 at 22:56
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 205 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 604 61% 496 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Gigabyte(1458 405A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 175 Parallax 166 154% 177 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 139 Splatting 119 118% 148 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 136%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401020WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 465 Write 447 Mixed 344 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 51.2 181% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 211 194% 300 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD38G16002 1302 1600 CL11 Series 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 59%

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Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,384x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,218x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	394x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	324x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	312x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	166x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	148x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	147x

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

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Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369