MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '16 at 04:21
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 83.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 212 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 602 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.2% Good	Lighting 82.8 Reflection 84.4 Parallax 81.7 68% 83 fps	MRender 81.4 Gravity 76 Splatting 68 61% 75.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 60653528156641 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 594 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 39 46 55837589543 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 504403 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 27 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 504403 (F2) Unknown 100 100 192211 (F9) Unknown 100 100 46495	74.7% Very good	Read 492 Write 254 Mixed 309 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 15.2 119% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 50.6 60% 98.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$22 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 271GB free Firmware: SN04 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 82 63 175972573 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6331 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 365150915 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 611 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 53 707199018 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6777 (C2) HDA temperature 42 47 55834574890 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 4 175972573 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	63.5% Good	Read 113 Write 108 Mixed 103 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.39 126% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 14.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 119%

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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	1,369x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,202x
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 $79Bench 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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Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16