MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	80.9% 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	51.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '18 at 09:09
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Memory 57 1-Core 81.6 2-Core 162 56% 100 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 282 35% 267 Pts	64-Core 282 18% 282 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 11A0) ≥ 4GB; geforce gtx 1070 XLR8 PNY CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 112 Parallax 97.4 82% 103 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 96.5 79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 107 103 106 104 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 328 Write 171 Mixed 172 SusWrite 106 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 20.5 78% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 144 118% 168 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 83%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 167GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 112 112 112 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 124 Write 118 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 112 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 74%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 504GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 80 80 80 79 81 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 93.6 Write 72.3 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 79.1 55% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 65%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,017 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 57GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 56 55 56 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	26.8% Poor	Read 67 Write 67.5 Mixed 31 SusWrite 55.3 73% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 43%
WD 1200BEVExternal 120GB 175 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 5GB free, PID 0702 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 26 26 27 27 26 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 24.5 Write 21 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 26 31% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 6,625 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.7 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.2 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 137 29% 137 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.2% 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 4,010 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	1,367x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,199x
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	146x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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