MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	161% 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	126% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '22 at 04:40
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 97.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 241 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 648 64% 521 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3711) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 512.77 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	161% Outstanding	Lighting 216 Reflection 209 Parallax 237 176% 221 fps	MRender 268 Gravity 213 Splatting 176 174% 219 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 468 397 341 466 469 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 479 Mixed 438 SusWrite 434 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 59.8 202% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 358 270% 363 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 210GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 194 213 214 215 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 366 Write 265 Mixed 287 SusWrite 204 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 44.3 167% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 152 144% 226 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 91%
Asmt ASM105x 1TB 257 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 396GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 311 314 312 312 314 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 348 Write 320 Mixed 254 SusWrite 313 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 23.3 81% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 68.1 68% 106 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 75%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 425GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 84 85 85 83 82 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	52% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 87 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 82.4 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 67%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 452GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 103 103 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 107 Write 100 Mixed 85 SusWrite 102 73% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 24.6 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 26.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

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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 4,010 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 44%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,367x
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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $597

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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