MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 20:40
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 97.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 221 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 607 64% 511 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 69.3 65% 76.1 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 75.2 61% 74.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2a SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 119 117 124 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 389 Write 143 Mixed 197 SusWrite 119 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 33.3 127% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 36.7 41% 65.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 80%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 34GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 276 273 260 93 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 477 Mixed 383 SusWrite 223 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 51.4 175% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 128 160% 284 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 627GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 157 158 160 159 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 153 Write 146 Mixed 102 SusWrite 159 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 109%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power16G 16GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 10GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 7.3 8.1 8.6 8.4 8.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	8.46% Terrible	Read 23.5 Write 20.8 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 8.2 23% 17.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.4 89% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.46% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 984 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.1 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 26.3 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 47.3 85% 47.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 89%

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

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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	1,200x
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 $269	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 $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