MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	123% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '20 at 13:56
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 464 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Zotac(19DA 2516) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 125 Parallax 128 106% 128 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 127 Splatting 102 108% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 375 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 636GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 385 445 141 472 403 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 882 Write 606 Mixed 588 SusWrite 362 136% 609 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 36.2 130% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 669 DQ Write 464 DQ Mixed 640 458% 591 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 149%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$71 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 145 145 145 146 145 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 140 Write 138 Mixed 70.4 SusWrite 144 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 113%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 428GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 127 143 144 145 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 134 Write 112 Mixed 68.4 SusWrite 136 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 83%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 545GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 103 104 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 97 Write 89.6 Mixed 42.7 SusWrite 102 60% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 61%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 112 112 112 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 116 Write 101 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 112 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 542GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 108 111 108 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 66 Write 50.4 Mixed 49.4 SusWrite 108 50% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.8% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 63%

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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