MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	107% 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	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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '18 at 12:14
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 609 61% 498 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 120 Parallax 102 98% 114 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 106 Splatting 106 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 144 139 165 154 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 472 Mixed 360 SusWrite 176 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 55 194% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 236 212% 321 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 76GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 139 131 119 130 142 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 177 Write 106 Mixed 81 SusWrite 134 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 114%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 113GB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 106 107 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 113 Write 112 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 106 139% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 119% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 44%
WD Elements 25A3 5TB 1,735 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 295GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 139 140 140 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 164 Write 159 Mixed 127 SusWrite 140 198% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 133% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 63%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,003 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	1,365x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,198x
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	145x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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