MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '19 at 05:30
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 224 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 635 66% 528 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 74.7 61% 75.8 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 73 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 177 164 171 173 172 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.8% Good	Read 232 Write 186 Mixed 206 SusWrite 170 45% 198 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 33.7 120% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 180 134% 178 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 95%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 21GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 446 Write 381 Mixed 384 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 46.8 163% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 233 208% 314 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 106GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 55 56 57 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	31% Below average	Read 51.5 Write 53.8 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 56.1 38% 52 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$63 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 173 179 172 176 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 136 Write 152 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 174 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.7 198% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 90%
M4-CT512 M4SSD2 512GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 206% 139GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 252 158 33 39 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 356 Write 258 Mixed 267 SusWrite 129 322% 253 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 16.6 1,496% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 16.5 DQ Write 36.7 DQ Mixed 19.5 1,973% 24.2 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 312%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 2,501 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	48.9% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 54%

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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 4,059 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	1,382x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,216x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	394x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	323x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	148x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	147x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	86x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	74x

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Total price: $682

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16