MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% 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	102% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '18 at 17:38
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 98 2-Core 205 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 565 58% 469 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 158 Parallax 148 126% 153 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 144 Splatting 111 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 436 450 375 373 339 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 414 Write 471 Mixed 353 SusWrite 398 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.7 150% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 324 247% 333 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%
Hitachi HDS723030BLE640 3TB 852 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OAAB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 182 183 183 183 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 173 Mixed 26 SusWrite 182 100% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 645 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.5% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 14.2 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 84%

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

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,010 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	1,367x
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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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