MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '19 at 15:04
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 94.6 2-Core 175 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 356 48% 359 Pts	64-Core 339 21% 339 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3603) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 178 Parallax 158 138% 169 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 164 Splatting 115 107% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7821) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.95% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 6.62 Parallax 6.72 3% 5.76 fps	MRender 9.29 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.83 5% 6.49 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.95% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 303 300 291 288 280 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 475 Mixed 395 SusWrite 306 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 54.3 181% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 214GB free Firmware: GM2OA5BA SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 87 86 88 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 90 Write 74.8 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 87.1 55% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 50%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 199 199 199 197 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 151 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 197 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,271 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 17.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 19.3 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 86%

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

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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 $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