MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130818
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '21 at 03:20
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 183 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 544 58% 462 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Lighting 44.3 Reflection 41.4 Parallax 39.4 36% 41.7 fps	MRender 38.1 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 27.7 29% 36.1 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 265GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 397 413 400 418 361 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 427 Mixed 420 SusWrite 377 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 47 156% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 279 232% 333 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 125%
CHN-mSATAM3-256 256GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 203GB free Firmware: Q0421B SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 358 365 357 368 367 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 396 Write 363 Mixed 212 SusWrite 344 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 14.2 105% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 73.9 103% 184 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 77%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 445GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2149 694 615 613 615 615 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,330 Write 1,959 Mixed 1,506 SusWrite 884 373% 1,670 MB/s	4K Read 55.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 72.6 236% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 635 DQ Write 457 DQ Mixed 586 427% 560 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 340%
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 51GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 145 107 135 74 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 450 Mixed 284 SusWrite 121 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 46.5 160% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 229 195% 288 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 100%
WL2000GSA6472 2TB 438 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: HPG3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 123 152 150 150 151 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 126 Write 143 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 146 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 97%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,022 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	1,371x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,203x
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	310x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16