MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.9% 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	82.6% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	15.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131202
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '17 at 18:50
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 below expectations (39^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 203 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 490 52% 414 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.9% Above average	Lighting 66.1 Reflection 59.1 Parallax 81.7 54% 68.9 fps	MRender 45.6 Gravity 44.5 Splatting 68.8 45% 53 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15379 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1660 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 61 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 57 57 43284 (EB) Unknown 99 99 172 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6742248500	82.6% Excellent	Read 495 Write 340 Mixed 343 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 20.7 124% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 41.8 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 20.2 49% 95.2 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 118%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 919GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Read 95 Write 37.1 Mixed 48.3 67% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.16 28% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 KHX1600C10D3/8GX 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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