MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	131% 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	65.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 9 months ago, 4 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '23 at 19:11
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 169 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 463 48% 386 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6800-$759 18,552 User benchmarks, average bench 143% Sapphire(1DA2 E437) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 23.2.2 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 166 Parallax 372 128% 232 fps	MRender 292 Gravity 130 Splatting 180 161% 201 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 153%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apple SM256E 251GB 850 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM02A0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 79 75 60 74 67 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 342 Write 102 Mixed 161 SusWrite 75.7 37% 170 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 32.6 116% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 121 126% 213 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 97%
PNY CS900 1TB SSD 7,281 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 794GB free Firmware: CS9006B5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 314 350 341 373 377 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 185 Write 104 Mixed 88 SusWrite 345 41% 180 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 19.4 4K Mixed 10.8 51% 15.9 MB/s	DQ Read 14.2 DQ Write 15.2 DQ Mixed 14.5 11% 14.6 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 102%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 531GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 109 110 109 108 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 146 Write 107 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 107 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 99%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 314GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 85 87 86 86 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 137 Write 91.6 Mixed 69 SusWrite 85 70% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 27GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 78 78 78 78 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 112 Write 107 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 77.5 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 1302 1600 CL10 Series 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 1302 1600 CL10 Series 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.4% 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 4,035 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	1,377x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,206x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	391x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	322x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $99Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $536

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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