MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	14.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '16 at 13:48
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 212 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 409 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 114 Parallax 98.5 87% 106 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 94.5 Splatting 97.8 79% 96 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: BBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 16223684 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 124090195122992 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1455 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 104 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 66 51543932953 (C2) HDA temperature 25 66 51543932953 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16223684 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16223684 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16223684 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19532 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5048 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5048 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4650	50.5% Above average	Read 460 Write 125 Mixed 157 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 6.95 80% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 65.7 DQ Mixed 9.21 17% 33.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 689GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 235894952 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2314 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18981409 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6561 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1450 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 9060876315 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 62398 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 -140737488355301 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 100317551136914 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3971963437 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10388326294	101% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 164 Mixed 151 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.21 85% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 60%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,019 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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 $75Bench 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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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	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