MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.5% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	12.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '20 at 13:05
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 215 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 597 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$350 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 376B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 181 Parallax 170 134% 172 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 173 Splatting 122 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mz7ge960hmhp-000m3 00FN333 00FN336IBM 960GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CA31 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 181 221 224 103 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 484 Write 382 Mixed 207 SusWrite 167 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 38.3 142% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 255 189% 254 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 106%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$88 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 608GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1407 1153 1449 1460 1477 1475 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 1,503 Write 1,506 Mixed 1101 SusWrite 1,403 310% 1,378 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 76.3 265% 95.2 MB/s	DQ Read 689 DQ Write 653 DQ Mixed 273 314% 539 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 295%
Liteonit LCT-256M3S-41 7mm 256GB FDE 294 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 38GB free Firmware: SRDB SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 177 180 183 269 286 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 471 Write 353 Mixed 287 SusWrite 216 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 36.2 133% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 167 154% 238 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 299GB free Firmware: CC9D SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 107 105 107 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 112 Write 69 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 106 68% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB-$37 11,382 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 363GB free Firmware: MKAOAA50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 108 108 108 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 100 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 108 68% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop 8TB 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4.5TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 154 156 159 159 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 123 Write 133 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 155 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.6 207% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1800, 1600, 1800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.7% Average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 51%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,076 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,389x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,221x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	324x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	313x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	167x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	149x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353