MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.54% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	120% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '22 at 07:44
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 209 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 386 54% 398 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 7821) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.54% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 30.9 Parallax 7.3 3% 14 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 5.2 4% 5.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.54% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 284 310 302 308 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 484 Mixed 388 SusWrite 308 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 60.9 209% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 334 378 344 326 332 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 484 Mixed 399 SusWrite 346 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 50.4 168% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 363 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 121%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$88 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 183GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 320 359 331 312 318 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 456 Mixed 421 SusWrite 330 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 57 187% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 306 246% 346 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 392GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 156 164 164 164 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 152 Mixed 87 SusWrite 161 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 24GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 16.7 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 62%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,055 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	1,381x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,215x
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 $75Bench 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	85x
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: 64% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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