MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	29.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '21 at 12:24
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 230 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 590 62% 495 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M510_MTFDDAK256MAZ 256GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 238GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 253 247 246 224 343 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 342 Mixed 294 SusWrite 264 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 42.8 150% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 210 194% 300 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 95%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2009)-$152 5,563 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 553GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 65 62 41 64 77 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 69 Write 75.2 Mixed 38.1 SusWrite 60.8 45% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 47%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 166 167 163 160 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 169 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 164 96% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 482GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 97 97 94 109 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 107 Write 101 Mixed 54.1 SusWrite 98.1 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 144% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 75%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 28GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.8 5.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	5.27% Terrible	Read 21.2 Write 4.7 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 5.3 12% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.27% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M2F8G64CB8HC5N-DI Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 1311 M2F8G64CB8HC5N-DI Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.9 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	64	0"	1280 720

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,018 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,369x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,202x
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	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16