MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	58.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	17.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 04:57
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 77.4 2-Core 151 62% 104 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 291 34% 265 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.7% Above average	Lighting 73.5 Reflection 75.4 Parallax 69.2 60% 72.7 fps	MRender 66.3 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 68.2 56% 69 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 153GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 422 440 280 281 279 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 464 Mixed 422 SusWrite 341 96% 424 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 55.7 185% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 78 87 78 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 24.2 Write 18.7 Mixed 13 SusWrite 70.5 23% 31.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 83% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 662GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 151 151 149 148 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 158 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 149 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0118 64D0JHHH-HS 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 15.2 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 52%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,025 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	1,371x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,203x
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	310x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16