MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 45% Yacht


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131202
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '19 at 19:54
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	36%

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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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 83.9 2-Core 177 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 304 34% 270 Pts	64-Core 329 20% 329 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 37D1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 104 Parallax 109 90% 108 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 90.2 Splatting 74.4 76% 96.7 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 76 75 79 89 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 291 Write 106 Mixed 152 SusWrite 80.9 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 32.6 115% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 84.7 77% 119 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 79%
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 33GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 118 134 128 124 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 400 Write 168 Mixed 164 SusWrite 132 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 20.6 103% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 31.4 57% 115 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 70%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 108GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 81 83 83 83 82 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 85.7 Write 77.5 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 82.1 56% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 652GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 106 107 106 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 118 Write 109 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 106 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 20.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 72%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,004 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	1,365x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,198x
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	145x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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