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Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

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Popular components in PC builds with the MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Motherboard.

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel  $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples1,365x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples1,198x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples390x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples257x
Core i5-4570Intel  $62Bench 62%, 129,272 samples123x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples319x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples309x
GTX 770Nvidia  $279Bench 34%, 116,895 samples199x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples181x
SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples164x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples145x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples144x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples121x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples108x
RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples84x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples77x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples74x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples72x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples69x
Best Build (Edit with custom PC builder) Based on the most popular components from 4,004 user systems
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntelBench 68%, 128,482 samples$127
GPU
GTX 1070NvidiaBench 80%, 1,459,281 samples$132
SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsungBench 96%, 217,115 samples$95
RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $597

 User benchmarks for this motherboard (9 of 4,004)

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SSD
HDD
RAM
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USA-User, 23 months ago.Core i7-4770K, RTX 3090-Ti Outstanding UFO - 205 89 172  85  251  107  -  61 $120
USA-User, 2 years ago.Core i5-4670K, RTX 3080-Ti Very good UFO - 194 94 151  90  223  115  66  72 $1,178
DEU-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-4790K, RTX 3090 Outstanding UFO - 196 94 167  89  226  127  -  80 $2,027
USA-User, 2 years ago.Core i5-4670K, RTX 3080-Ti Good UFO - 195 93 150  91  224  112  65  49 $1,143
SVK-User, 13 months ago.Core i7-4790K, RTX 3090-Ti Good UFO - 208 94 173  90  238  120  81  84 $590
SVK-User, 11 months ago.Core i7-4790K, RTX 3090-Ti Very good UFO - 205 95 169  92  231  116  80  84 $590
DEU-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-4770K, RTX 3080-Ti Average UFO - 163 94 134  87  191  279  -  82 $1,150
BEL-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-4770K, RTX 3080 Excellent UFO - 166 89 138  83  205  118  -  86 $1,404
DEU-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-4770K, RTX 3080-Ti Very good UFO - 166 89 137  82  206  122  63  81 $1,097
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