MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.5% 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.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '23 at 20:12
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 97.9 2-Core 187 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 517 52% 420 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.5% Poor	Lighting 30 Reflection 30 Parallax 30 24% 30 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 30 Splatting 30 25% 30 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 2TB-$155 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 801GB free (System drive) Firmware: 023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 380 373 381 383 385 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 357 Write 278 Mixed 356 SusWrite 380 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 33.8 4K Mixed 26.6 78% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 239 201% 292 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 125%
ST16000NM001G-2KK103 16TB 1,705 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 3TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 181 180 178 171 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 234 Write 222 Mixed 180 SusWrite 175 46% 203 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 1.5 68% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 4.2 DQ Write 10.7 DQ Mixed 1.4 3% 5.43 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 45%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$74 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 827GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 135 131 131 131 141 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 85%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$97 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 396GB free Firmware: ACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 138 137 136 138 137 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 152 Write 150 Mixed 32 SusWrite 137 85% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Vulcan-2133 0423 Vulcan-2133 0215 CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 0215 CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2133, 2133, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.7 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 14.3 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 51%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,381x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,215x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	394x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	323x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	146x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	85x
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: 60% - Good

Total price: $682

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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