MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '21 at 17:08
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 235 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 616 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 370 1,494 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Dell(1028 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	20.9% Poor	Lighting 25.3 Reflection 36.4 Parallax 34.3 21% 32 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 24.5 Splatting 24.5 21% 26.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$28 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR041 SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 426 109 89 163 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 453 Write 403 Mixed 393 SusWrite 233 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 18.9 127% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 1 67% 155 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 92%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 465GB free Firmware: GG2OA920 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 111 112 111 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 108 Write 94.9 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 111 64% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 1x8GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	40.5% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 11.1 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 13.1 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 41%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,368x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,202x
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	147x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16