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MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 39.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	46.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.7% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130607
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '22 at 21:58
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th 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 1.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	39.2% Below average	Memory 63.1 1-Core 32.1 2-Core 57.1 35% 50.8 Pts	4-Core 91 8-Core 91.4 12% 91.2 Pts	64-Core 115 7% 115 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Zotac(19DA 1314) 3GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1552 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 473.81 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.2% Average	Lighting 53.8 Reflection 57.9 Parallax 68.1 44% 59.9 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 65.3 Splatting 54.4 51% 63.1 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$175 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 321 306 303 255 224 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 434 Write 400 Mixed 300 SusWrite 289 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 24.2 85% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 141 107% 144 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$58 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 151 156 154 159 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 144 Write 124 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 154 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 12.4 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 6.1 22% 7.6 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 63%

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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 4,220 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	1,435x
Core i7-4770KIntel $75Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,268x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	409x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	336x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	329x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	327x

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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $125
Intel Core i5-12600K $154	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $320