MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


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 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	68% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '19 at 08:57
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 210 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 386 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68% Good	Lighting 84.5 Reflection 86.4 Parallax 75.5 69% 82.1 fps	MRender 81.9 Gravity 79.2 Splatting 81.4 66% 80.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 240GB 5,061 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 41 50 72 66 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 473 Write 112 Mixed 138 SusWrite 63.2 43% 197 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 15.1 122% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 149 124% 182 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 430GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 177 176 178 181 175 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 108 Write 77 Mixed 77 SusWrite 174 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDT72107 750GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 247GB free Firmware: A31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 62 62 63 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 63.8 Write 79.3 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 62.2 44% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 114GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 163 164 167 165 167 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 140 Write 116 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 163 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: ABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 103 101 105 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 93.8 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 103 57% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 1302 2133 CL11 Series 1302 1866 CL10 Series 1302 2133 CL11 Series 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	79.2% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 24.9 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 23.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 79%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,034 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	1,376x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,206x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	391x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	322x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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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Total price: $537

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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