MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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	130% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 16:51
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 243 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 480 64% 481 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3364) ≥ 4GB; MSI GTX 180 Seahawk / minimum OC @ 2Ghz CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 155 Parallax 134 126% 148 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 146 Splatting 116 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 455 489 486 494 494 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 493 Mixed 361 SusWrite 463 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 60.3 212% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 338 261% 356 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 3,936 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 88GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 343 173 176 175 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 494 Mixed 395 SusWrite 233 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 66.7 225% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 364 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 128%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 672GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 123 123 121 122 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 129 Write 30.5 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 120 64% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 215% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 75%
Generic Flash Disk 1GB 2,763 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.21% Terrible	Read 15.2 Write 1.7 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 3.8 7% 6.35 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.21% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL10-10-10 D3-1600 2x8GB 622 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 18.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $597

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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