MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.3% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '20 at 19:08
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 214 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 442 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 23.8 Parallax 33 19% 26.7 fps	MRender 33.4 Gravity 28.6 Splatting 0.09 15% 20.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 00WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 184 191 190 191 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 466 Write 375 Mixed 258 SusWrite 190 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 49.6 166% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 41.2 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 47.2 44% 64.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 100%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 180GB free Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 105 109 105 107 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 87.7 Write 191 Mixed 154 SusWrite 109 31% 135 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 31.7 121% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 28.3 33% 53.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 120GB free Firmware: KC66 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 91 69 65 79 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 91.8 72% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905458-026.A00LF 9905458-017.A00LF 9905458-026.A00LF 9905458-017.A00LF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.2% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

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

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 44%

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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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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