MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '19 at 23:27
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (58^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-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 87.2 2-Core 200 70% 123 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 376 50% 374 Pts	64-Core 379 23% 379 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.3% Above average	Lighting 63.3 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 57.6 52% 61.7 fps	MRender 67.3 Gravity 59 Splatting 52.2 48% 59.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 470 Write 456 Mixed 366 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 50.4 170% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 206 187% 285 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 208GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 430 427 448 397 342 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 455 Mixed 397 SusWrite 399 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 56.3 183% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 316 238% 319 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%
WD Green 750GB (2009)-$224 5,100 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 512GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 94 97 96 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 52 SusWrite 96 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 58%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 77GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 59 59 59 59 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	40% Average	Read 80.4 Write 54.5 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 58.9 44% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.3% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 14.6 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 64%

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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 $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,367x
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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $597

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 $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