MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.6% 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	109% 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	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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '18 at 12:00
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 602 61% 497 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB; CERBERUS-GTX1070TI-A8G, GTX 1070 Ti Cerberus A8G CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 143 Parallax 133 104% 134 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 129 Splatting 109 92% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 276 277 277 277 277 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 419 Mixed 356 SusWrite 294 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 50.7 188% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 236 212% 321 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 118%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 69GB free Firmware: 00RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 80 150 270 273 270 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 418 Write 352 Mixed 249 SusWrite 226 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 19.4 77% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 88.3 DQ Mixed 41.8 48% 82.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 822GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 205 204 204 205 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 162 Mixed 86 SusWrite 204 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 26.3 84% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 25.1 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 82.5% 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	1,365x
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: 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 $133	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