MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.9% 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	56.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '18 at 11:16
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 558 57% 461 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.2 87% 106 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 102 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 609ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 84 80 77 69 84 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.4% Above average	Read 163 Write 119 Mixed 126 SusWrite 80.3 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 33.2 130% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 95.1 77% 109 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 84%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 31GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,097 Write 6,160 Mixed 6,352 1,458% 6,536 MB/s	4K Read 711 4K Write 279 4K Mixed 367 1,695% 452 MB/s	DQ Read 1,389 DQ Write 956 DQ Mixed 1,035 810% 1,127 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 75GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 81 79 78 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 69.9 Write 66.2 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 80 49% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 62%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 146GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 77 77 77 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 84.3 Write 85 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 77.1 57% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 63%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,010 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	1,367x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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