MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.8% 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	106% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '19 at 04:14
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 (96^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 603 63% 504 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4997) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 110 Parallax 108 88% 109 fps	MRender 90.8 Gravity 97 Splatting 87.3 75% 91.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo mSATA 250GB-$299 1,431 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT43B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 254 255 256 256 255 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 427 Mixed 346 SusWrite 269 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 51.3 178% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 236 212% 322 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 364GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 429 418 417 416 418 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 426 Mixed 369 SusWrite 426 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 52.4 188% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 250 219% 326 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 126%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 892GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 161 159 160 158 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 139 Mixed 106 SusWrite 157 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 2,340 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 17.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 20.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 62%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,365x
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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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