MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit färger, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '23 at 10:40
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 198 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 541 56% 448 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 84 Parallax 74.2 64% 78.7 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 77 Splatting 72.8 61% 74.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$100 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 352 82 79 79 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 452 Write 449 Mixed 405 SusWrite 155 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 43.6 144% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 128%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 138GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 346 344 351 355 357 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 477 Write 351 Mixed 314 SusWrite 334 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 33.4 113% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 194 173% 258 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 103%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 107GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 230 211 208 209 211 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 445 Mixed 317 SusWrite 222 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 49.3 161% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 337 260% 355 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 114%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 562GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 38 38 38 36 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 26% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 127GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 81 81 82 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 75.7 Write 76.8 Mixed 55.1 SusWrite 80.6 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.2% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.1 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 62%

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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 4,065 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	1,384x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369