MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.7% 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)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '18 at 17:16
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 361 50% 370 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% PwrHis(1787 2307) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 27.7 Reflection 22.5 Parallax 25.2 23% 25.1 fps	MRender 20.4 Gravity 23.7 Splatting 27.6 20% 23.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 413 Write 244 Mixed 283 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 35.5 138% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 157 154% 246 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 91%
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 115GB 2,637 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 5GB free Firmware: 1.37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 56 58 58 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 210 Write 63.2 Mixed 89 SusWrite 58.3 23% 105 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 24.1 86% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 69.6 DQ Mixed 85.2 68% 96.4 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 49%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 181 185 181 182 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 151 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 181 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 423GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.7 5 3 3 3.1 2.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	3.25% Terrible	Read 6.7 Write 6.5 Mixed 3 SusWrite 4.1 4% 5.08 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 114% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 3.25% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan 1600 2x4GB 990 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 17.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 59%

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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	1,366x
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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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