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MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '19 at 02:01
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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-$100 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 115 2-Core 236 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 470 60% 453 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Gigabyte(1458 230C) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 90 Parallax 153 86% 116 fps	MRender 88.6 Gravity 111 Splatting 129 92% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 434 Write 272 Mixed 307 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 37.8 146% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 60.1 107% 212 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 27GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 499 Write 484 Mixed 410 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 54.5 202% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 179 178 180 177 179 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 136 Write 104 Mixed 30 SusWrite 179 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.9 350% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 108%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$124 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 154 156 155 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 156 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 154 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 170% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBXL Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1867, 1333, 1867, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.3% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 19.9 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 67%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,204 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 $100Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,426x
Core i7-4770KIntel $75Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,264x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	408x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	335x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	325x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	325x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $99Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	170x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	151x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	148x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	87x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	80x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	76x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $641

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $345	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $225	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350