MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


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 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	40.1% 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	78.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '16 at 16:23
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 89.3 2-Core 174 72% 119 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 336 43% 326 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 2261) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Lighting 51.3 Reflection 35.4 Parallax 68.4 42% 51.7 fps	MRender 34 Gravity 55.2 Splatting 44.7 37% 44.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9459 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1712 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 293 (AE) Unknown 100 100 179 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 54 197569019944 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 91 91 9 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 18880968288 (F7) Unknown 100 100 656521007 (F8) Unknown 100 100 4213059761	78.9% Very good	Read 484 Write 394 Mixed 375 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 25.1 102% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 47.3 DQ Mixed 31 42% 79.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 113%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 180 5533 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 161 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4105 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 117 117 249143 (C2) HDA temperature 106 103 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	71.1% Very good	Read 121 Write 127 Mixed 94 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.22 95% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 543GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 169 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 835 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12340 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 809 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 465 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 52 52 444979 (C2) HDA temperature 105 96 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	44.9% Average	Read 83.3 Write 73.4 Mixed 63.6 55% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.23 57% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 84%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 299GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 231 216 8408 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1482 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9951 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1010 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 301 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1481 (C2) HDA temperature 93 93 57 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59% Above average	Read 115 Write 90.8 Mixed 52.8 64% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.29 95% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 65%
WD VelociRaptor 250GB-$35 3,015 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 96GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 179 2025 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 13 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 7 (C2) HDA temperature 95 95 52 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	84.9% Excellent	Read 151 Write 143 Mixed 107 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.39 4K Write 4.67 4K Mixed 0.41 190% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 111%
WD WD360GD-00FNA0 37GB 465 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 34GB free Firmware: 31.08F31 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 123 120 2391 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3383 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1883 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3376 (C2) HDA temperature 95 95 52 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 672 (C8) Write error rate 200 179 0	35.9% Below average	Read 61.1 Write 63.6 Mixed 51 44% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.55 133% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.2% Average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 11.8 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.4 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 72%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,365x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,198x
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	145x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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