MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	May 31 '16 at 00:27
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 248 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 423 61% 449 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6519 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 69.9 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 60.1 57% 66.2 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 54.2 50% 61.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 360B) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6519 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Lighting 33.5 Reflection 30 Parallax 36.2 27% 33.2 fps	MRender 36.7 Gravity 27.7 Splatting 31.3 26% 31.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 721 Write 179 Mixed 285 86% 395 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 12.4 97% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 12 42% 84.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 237%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 150GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 967 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 129 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 55 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1334734129	98.2% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 407 Mixed 418 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 28.1 155% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 46.2 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 27.6 62% 120 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 134%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 175 Mixed 163 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.35 90% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 4,192 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 18.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 59%

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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 4,004 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	1,365x
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 $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 $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 $182	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) $30	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