MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.8% 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	95.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 01:21
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 686 68% 555 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6162) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2352 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 72.5 Parallax 63.7 58% 69.1 fps	MRender 81.8 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 72.4 60% 74.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 389 201 98 95 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 404 Write 389 Mixed 286 SusWrite 209 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 42.5 169% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 317 242% 327 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 104%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 59GB free Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 183 33 91 31 93 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 32GB 2,112 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 29GB free, PID 00ed, PNY Turbo 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive - P-FD32GTBOP-GE Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 14 14 14 13 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 41.7 Write 31 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 14.4 34% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 32% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 25%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 774GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 104 104 104 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 101 Write 101 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 103 114% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 62%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 44%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

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 $40	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