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MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '22 at 07:12
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$75 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 220 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 572 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7821) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.63% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 2.7 Parallax 6.9 3% 4.57 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 5 4% 5.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.63% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 296 294 295 294 296 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 451 Mixed 370 SusWrite 314 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 57.2 191% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
SanDisk Cruzer Spark 126GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 112GB free, PID 55a1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.8 8.4 8.5 7.6 6.8 8.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	6.7% Terrible	Read 22 Write 13.8 Mixed 6 SusWrite 8.2 15% 12.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 36% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.7% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.8% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 85%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,211 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	1,430x
Core i7-4770KIntel $75Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,265x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	409x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	335x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	328x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	326x

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	149x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	88x
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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