MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). 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	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '19 at 04:29
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 622 61% 499 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% MSI(1462 2983) 3GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.5% Average	Lighting 57.4 Reflection 56.1 Parallax 70.3 47% 61.3 fps	MRender 67.2 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 44 46% 58 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 466 Write 387 Mixed 334 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 40.3 146% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 343 263% 356 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 13GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 60 64 66 58 58 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 170 Write 116 Mixed 148 SusWrite 65.6 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 25.3 111% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 55 74% 136 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 73%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 845GB free Firmware: ACM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 115 126 124 120 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 48.5 Write 108 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 121 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.5 165% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 25GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 99 107 111 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 101 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 102 71% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 20 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 14.4 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 70%

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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 $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 $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