MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '23 at 02:02
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$87 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 98.8 2-Core 187 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 481 52% 416 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$429 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C754) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.2% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 109 Parallax 125 98% 118 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 112 Splatting 101 102% 129 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$130 14,835 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 388 430 442 446 448 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 446 Mixed 430 SusWrite 406 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 51.7 167% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 137%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$108 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 379 417 427 430 434 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 423 Mixed 389 SusWrite 394 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 39.8 131% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 264 203% 272 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 95.5% 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)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	27"	1280 720	SAM0D90 S27E330

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 2,979 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $143Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	994x
Core i7-4770KIntel $231Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	906x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	241x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	235x
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	234x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	131x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $138Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	116x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	107x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	60x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	58x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	54x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $570

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060 $350	Crucial MX500 250GB $31
Intel Core i5-12600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $153	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $830	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $41	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16