MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130818
Uptime	10.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '16 at 15:48
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 574 61% 488 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2843) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30% Poor	Lighting 36.5 Reflection 36 Parallax 44.2 30% 38.9 fps	MRender 41.2 Gravity 42.3 Splatting 30.7 30% 38.1 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 53661322297387 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 748 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 748 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 748 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 255133 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 36 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 255133 (F2) Unknown 100 100 146582 (F9) Unknown 100 100 8168	70.8% Very good	Read 476 Write 231 Mixed 279 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 11.3 108% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 12.2 49% 112 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 95%
Intel 335 Series 180GB-$169 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 9GB free Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -139208479983365 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1970 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 746 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 315889 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 315889 (F2) Unknown 100 100 165949 (F9) Unknown 100 100 7488	77.2% Very good	Read 476 Write 217 Mixed 266 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 17.4 121% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 71.1 95% 173 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 426GB free Firmware: HP34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 167077109 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12320 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 17 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 181735476 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14427 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3745 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3674065255 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032865 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 47 689569833 (C2) HDA temperature 41 53 60129542185 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 36 167077109 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 17 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.9% Average	Read 83.5 Write 65.7 Mixed 85.3 59% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.41 97% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 65%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 273GB free Firmware: JP2OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 98 (03) Spinup time 119 119 12897550529 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9574 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 29808 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2616 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10158 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 249109151784 (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 200 200 0	60.1% Good	Read 101 Write 109 Mixed 110 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.32 74% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 74%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 146GB free Firmware: JP2OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 88 88 4456460 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 91 (03) Spinup time 114 114 17192976586 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 12123 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 32 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 21320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3630 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12671 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12671 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 253404119079 (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 200 200 0	64.6% Good	Read 122 Write 103 Mixed 115 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.25 68% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 117GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6636 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13075 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1964 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6590 (C2) HDA temperature 101 88 42 (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	60.2% Good	Read 108 Write 101 Mixed 81.3 72% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.32 108% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 14.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 15.3 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 85%

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Gaming 56%

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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 $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,364x
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 $129Bench 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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Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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