MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.9% 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	89.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '19 at 22:44
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 89 2-Core 174 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 323 44% 329 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.3 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 96.4 Reflection 88.2 Parallax 150 79% 112 fps	MRender 87.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 124 88% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 233 91 96 90 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 475 Write 284 Mixed 391 SusWrite 163 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 45.5 149% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 304 233% 314 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 134%
JMicron 128GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 119GB free Firmware: 9122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 95 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 382 Write 183 Mixed 201 SusWrite 98.5 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 24.1 4K Mixed 10.9 50% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 57.9 DQ Write 51.5 DQ Mixed 27.6 28% 45.7 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$28 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 544GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 100 96 96 90 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 102 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 94.4 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 113%
JMicron 1TB 862 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 385GB free Firmware: 9122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 95 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 58.2 Write 54.3 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 98.4 47% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBSR 0420 F3-17000CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBSR 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 17.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 18.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 80%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,074 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	1,388x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,221x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	324x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	318x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	313x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	166x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	149x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	147x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	86x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	74x

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