MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.5% 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	88.1% 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	May 08 '24 at 00:41
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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 i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 195 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 542 54% 441 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 115 Parallax 101 79% 104 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 90.3 77% 95.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
T-force 1TB 1TB 7,956 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 873GB free (System drive) Firmware: V1027A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 382 389 413 424 416 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 474 Write 398 Mixed 388 SusWrite 366 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 26.3 121% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 46.6 89% 173 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 927GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 4.5 5.9 3 0.4 0.6 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TIMETEC-UD3-1600 4x8GB 352 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	55.4% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 16 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 61%

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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	69	57	60	21.5"	1280 720	HAT2150 GT220

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,034 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	1,376x
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 $75Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $512

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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