MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.2% 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	85.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '16 at 17:25
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 121 2-Core 243 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 637 67% 534 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% PowerColor(148C 2373) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.160.257 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Lighting 60.4 Reflection 65.3 Parallax 76.7 49% 67.5 fps	MRender 63.5 Gravity 55 Splatting 52.2 46% 56.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 480GB 3,502 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 337GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4146 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 720 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 333 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65541 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 218 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1276	85.5% Excellent	Read 507 Write 465 Mixed 504 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 13.1 105% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 12 52% 107 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 104%
C400-MTFDDAC512MAM 512GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 227GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th 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 10985 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1860 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 694 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2126014513560 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 186 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 108 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	65.4% Good	Read 494 Write 247 Mixed 334 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 7.8 86% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 7.74 43% 101 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 79%
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 222GB free Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16120 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2709 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 0 30068637722 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 89 89 12 (EA) Unknown 100 100 163415 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11749 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18657 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 79183	76.5% Very good	Read 491 Write 429 Mixed 465 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 13.4 97% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 76.3 54% 66 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 760GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 168 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7851 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19644 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3072 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 865 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6985 (C2) HDA temperature 122 91 21 (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 200 196 34 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 82 82 13843 (F1) Unknown 200 200 10545400085 (F2) Unknown 200 200 15712130910	103% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 180 Mixed 157 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.34 121% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

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 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 20.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 63%

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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	1,365x
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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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

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