MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87% 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	99.1% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '18 at 11:27
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 482 66% 492 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 119 Parallax 118 91% 116 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 103 Splatting 90.5 79% 96.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 120GB-$42 7,190 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 216 218 221 218 221 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 462 Mixed 432 SusWrite 240 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 47.6 170% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 210 173% 242 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 115%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 186GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 469 407 280 278 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 414 Write 456 Mixed 384 SusWrite 365 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 26.2 115% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 316 251% 350 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 128%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$55 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 120 119 120 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 126 Write 110 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 119 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 632 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 24.4 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 25.7 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 80%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 44%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,382x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,216x
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 $75Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	148x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16