MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	90.1% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '19 at 13:17
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 112 2-Core 218 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 423 56% 419 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 206 Parallax 185 134% 185 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 178 Splatting 126 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507K SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 169 179 164 162 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 219 Mixed 206 SusWrite 171 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 49.7 170% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 54.3 90% 177 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 94%
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 463GB free Firmware: SBFK SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 416 416 401 107 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 269 Mixed 334 SusWrite 290 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 39.5 150% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 217 184% 264 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 102%
Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 2TB 804 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 42GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 126 121 115 116 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 181 Write 145 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 121 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 104%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 12GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 111 111 111 110 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 127 Write 19.8 Mixed 52 SusWrite 111 57% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 77%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 0GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 61.8 Write 23.8 Mixed 21.2 26% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 75%
Seagate ST3160811AS 160GB-$45 4,832 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 5GB free Firmware: 3.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 66 66 67 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 66.3 Write 31.8 Mixed 39 SusWrite 66.1 38% 50.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 29.2 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 27.8 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 87%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 44%

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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

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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 $184	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