MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '20 at 09:40
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 660 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C307) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	99% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 138 Parallax 117 104% 128 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 123 Splatting 105 89% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 330 245 225 206 199 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 470 Mixed 366 SusWrite 273 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 62.2 209% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 355 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 214GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 374 328 329 328 329 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 466 Mixed 352 SusWrite 354 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 61.7 210% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 343 260% 351 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 123%
Intenso USB 3.0 device 4TB 411 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 539GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 18 18 18 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 37 Write 35.7 Mixed 27 SusWrite 18.8 22% 29.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 100%
Intenso External USB 3.0 4TB 638 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 223GB free Firmware: 2210 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 161 163 165 165 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 115 Write 97.8 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 163 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 97%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 456 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 17GB free, PID a00a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 74 73 67 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Read 58.3 Write 62.2 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 71.1 75% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 62% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 44%
WDC WD10 EARS-22Y5B1 1TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 75GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 31.8 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 16.2 35% 26.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 60% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.1 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 63%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,071 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	1,387x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,220x
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	312x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 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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