MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.7% 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	76.8% 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 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '16 at 21:02
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 486 67% 495 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 3778) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6822 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Lighting 45.5 Reflection 42.5 Parallax 54 37% 47.4 fps	MRender 56.5 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 39.4 36% 44.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 128GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18474 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 237 (B1) Unknown 97 97 79 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 77 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11239503029	102% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 484 Mixed 509 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 28.9 150% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36.6 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 26 63% 123 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 116%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18513 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 235 (B1) Unknown 87 87 469 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 58 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 11 (EB) Unknown 99 99 81 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26396932547	76.8% Very good	Read 506 Write 169 Mixed 261 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 27.1 145% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 35.8 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 84.7 62% 78 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 116%
Mushkin MKNSSDAT60GB-V 60GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 13GB free Firmware: 524ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 52459685 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 -86663850076232 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 335 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 138 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 42 53 34363211818 (C2) HDA temperature 42 53 34363211818 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 52459685 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 52459685 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 52459685 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 91 91 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8956 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1889 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1889 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1205	69.6% Good	Read 495 Write 116 Mixed 169 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 19.4 130% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 35.1 49% 89.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 70%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 978GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 150 150 21492007156 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2240 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 26630 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 358 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8066 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8066 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 180389216288 (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	82.1% Excellent	Read 164 Write 122 Mixed 149 110% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.22 59% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,207 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	64.5% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 82%

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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 $127Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $597

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) $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