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MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131202
Uptime	26.1 Days
Run Date	May 13 '21 at 15:32
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 192 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 470 49% 393 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7821) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.09% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 2.5 Parallax 6.6 3% 4.23 fps	MRender 4.6 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 5 3% 4.03 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.09% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 96.1 Reflection 110 Parallax 97.6 78% 101 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 96 Splatting 99.4 79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 335 Write 385 Mixed 274 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 30.5 114% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 251 194% 267 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 104%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$150 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 34GB free Firmware: 30.04G30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 54 56 47 47 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 47 Write 43.5 Mixed 35 SusWrite 52.5 33% 44.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 52%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 113GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 170 170 175 179 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 146 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 172 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992124 (997124) 2x8GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.2% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 16.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 16.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 81%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,208 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 $100Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,429x
Core i7-4770KIntel $75Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,264x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	408x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	335x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	325x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $99Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	172x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	151x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	148x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	87x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	80x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	76x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $719

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