MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.4% 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	91.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131202
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 24 '18 at 20:43
Run Duration	545 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 211 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 580 59% 475 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Device(1545 9270) 2GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Lighting 38.6 Reflection 34.8 Parallax 50.5 31% 41.3 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 32.1 Splatting 39.6 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8919 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1105 (B1) Unknown 98 98 21 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 58 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 60 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25429277081	91.3% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 340 Mixed 356 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 25.9 132% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 91.1 116% 210 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 126%
WD My Passport 0820 1.5TB 683 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 87.4 Write 92 Mixed 74.7 109% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 39%
Generic USB Flash Disk 16GB 937 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 12GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	5.53% Terrible	Read 23.8 Write 3.67 Mixed 3.69 9% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.12 4K Write 0.18 4K Mixed 0.11 21% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.53% Great: 9%
SanDisk Cruzer Facet 16GB 1,259 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 5GB free, PID 5576 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	9.62% Terrible	Read 22.2 Write 4.27 Mixed 7.9 11% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.69 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.85 96% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.62% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 32GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 20.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 65%

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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 4,003 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	1,365x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,198x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	390x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	319x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	164x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	145x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16