MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '22 at 18:50
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 203 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 357 47% 354 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.8% Above average	Lighting 74.9 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 112 61% 84.9 fps	MRender 62.7 Gravity 79.6 Splatting 42.3 49% 61.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 52 60 51 55 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 446 Mixed 344 SusWrite 82.3 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 51.2 174% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 232 208% 315 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 118%
Patriot PS-100 64GB SSD 15 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 59GB free Firmware: VER2.006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 164 164 164 155 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 144 Write 124 Mixed 110 SusWrite 164 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 2.8 13% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 20%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$104 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 368GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 443 441 438 447 447 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 450 Mixed 393 SusWrite 435 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 59.2 182% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 137%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 395GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 88 88 89 88 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 93.3 Mixed 60.9 SusWrite 87.6 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 59%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 158GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 89 88 88 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 88.2 Mixed 64.9 SusWrite 88.3 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.3 232% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 0420 F3-17000CL9-4GBXM KHX1600C10D3/4G 0420 F3-17000CL9-4GBXM 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 2133, 1600, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 17.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.3 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 61%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363