MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	115% 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, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 00:55
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 229 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 610 60% 492 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6283) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 155 Parallax 143 113% 146 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 139 Splatting 116 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7821) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5058 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 309 305 306 306 281 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 486 Mixed 451 SusWrite 316 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 55.9 189% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 129%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 930GB free Firmware: SM11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 109 107 109 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 91.8 Write 114 Mixed 54 SusWrite 108 67% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.1 380% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 65%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 122GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 45 43 43 44 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	29% Poor	Read 57 Write 51 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 43.9 34% 46.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 43%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 4,922 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 123 124 124 121 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 114 Write 79.5 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 121 72% 97 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.6 181% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 67%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 91 91 91 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 98.5 Write 89 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 91 114% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.7 175% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.2% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 11.1 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 13.3 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 85%

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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 $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