MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.5% 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	100% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '20 at 23:14
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 413 56% 415 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 86F1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 115 Parallax 111 99% 116 fps	MRender 157 Gravity 103 Splatting 86.9 91% 116 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 112GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 127 140 137 137 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 350 Write 135 Mixed 299 SusWrite 182 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 35.3 140% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 184 162% 242 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 85%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 386GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 315 364 367 366 367 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 368 Mixed 298 SusWrite 341 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 35.2 150% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 261 223% 326 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 129%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 150GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 109 109 108 109 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 108 Write 91.7 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 107 66% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 77%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 233GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 121 121 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 119 Write 114 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 121 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 70%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 466GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 133 136 140 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 146 Write 126 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 137 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,252 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 76%

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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 4,009 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 $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,366x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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