MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.6% 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	113% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '20 at 06:36
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 424 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 107 Parallax 98.1 85% 103 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 100 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 369 257 224 185 176 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 492 Mixed 377 SusWrite 270 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 50.8 198% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 104GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 318 318 319 318 318 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 487 Mixed 468 SusWrite 334 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 62.3 214% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 361 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 129%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 112GB free Firmware: 507KC4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 152 152 155 154 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 352 Write 183 Mixed 225 SusWrite 156 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 48.2 179% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 139 124% 186 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 214GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 103 102 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 112 Write 115 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 103 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 75%

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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 22.2 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 72%

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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