MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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.

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

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 17:55
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 196 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 341 44% 332 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 146 Parallax 125 116% 138 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6893 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 352 (B1) Unknown 96 96 66 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 53 50 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11422099813	103% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 404 Mixed 406 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 39.5 167% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 43.6 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 96.5 93% 139 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 115%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 38GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 85 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7578 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 524 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 179 (B4) Unknown 0 0 10494 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 45 236224708648 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9130880859 (F7) Unknown 100 100 285537358 (F8) Unknown 100 100 307172688	74.4% Very good	Read 443 Write 260 Mixed 338 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 15.6 109% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 29.4 73% 151 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 104%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 984GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 37.7 Write 35.6 Mixed 16.2 36% 29.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 44%
SanDisk Ultra 32GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 29GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 35.9 Write 21 Mixed 25.3 33% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.99 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 1.36 150% 3.24 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.2% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 9.6 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 63%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,002 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	1,364x
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 $275	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