MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.9%, 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	114% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '20 at 21:56
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 116 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 462 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3285) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Lighting 72.4 Reflection 70 Parallax 61.7 59% 68 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 71.4 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 56%
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 2313) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 117 Parallax 224 109% 158 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 131 Splatting 152 111% 133 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 429 452 446 451 456 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 490 Mixed 346 SusWrite 416 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 44.4 170% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 282 233% 334 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 429GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 143 145 146 145 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 164 Write 165 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 144 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 4x4GB 418 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 25.5 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 24.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 86%

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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 $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 $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) $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