MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	114% 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 (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '23 at 23:15
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	74%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 175 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 495 51% 411 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C754) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 112 Parallax 127 100% 121 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 115 Splatting 105 106% 134 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$167 31,076 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 389 432 453 458 461 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 466 Mixed 450 SusWrite 411 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 52.5 171% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 136%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$132 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 379 408 437 443 447 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 417 Write 401 Mixed 379 SusWrite 397 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 44.7 140% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 282 224% 313 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.1% 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 $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,365x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,198x
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	145x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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