MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.3% 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	84.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '21 at 03:25
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 68.3 2-Core 192 67% 117 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 370 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% EVGA(3842 2682) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1552 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Lighting 38 Reflection 38.3 Parallax 52.4 31% 42.9 fps	MRender 52.2 Gravity 47.1 Splatting 41.1 38% 46.8 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU635 240GB-$20 12,702 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4c12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 348 356 360 360 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 319 Write 353 Mixed 323 SusWrite 313 74% 327 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 39.4 146% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 158 123% 167 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 97%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 928GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 138 140 139 140 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 122 Write 45.7 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 140 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.3 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 655GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 124 129 126 130 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 122 Write 41.8 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 128 68% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BD160B.M16 4x8GB 620 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18.2 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 20.7 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 61%

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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	1,367x
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 $178	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) $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