MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '19 at 15:44
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4130-$43 49,509 User benchmarks, average bench 52% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 171 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 250 33% 248 Pts	64-Core 262 16% 262 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Lighting 24.7 Reflection 24.1 Parallax 31.4 20% 26.7 fps	MRender 33.9 Gravity 29.4 Splatting 0.09 15% 21.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$80 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 156 170 169 164 171 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 369 Write 249 Mixed 249 SusWrite 168 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 29.4 100% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 152 149% 235 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 100%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 191GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 102 113 83 108 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 88.5 Write 182 Mixed 146 SusWrite 105 30% 130 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 25.2 90% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 71.2 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 70.8 68% 105 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 157GB free Firmware: KC66 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 89 89 89 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 69 Write 70.5 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 88.2 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905458-026.A00LF 9905458-017.A00LF 9905458-026.A00LF 9905458-017.A00LF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.5% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 54%

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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 4,002 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	1,364x
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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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