MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '17 at 05:46
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	45%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 723 71% 580 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 161 Parallax 139 129% 153 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 152 Splatting 115 106% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6493 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 566 (B1) Unknown 99 99 60 (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 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 286 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12734054877	105% Outstanding	Read 532 Write 500 Mixed 510 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 26.3 160% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 38.7 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 26.2 54% 102 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 783GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 97 169868424 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1821 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 167760975708 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15613 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2103 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 144 (BC) Unknown 100 98 524310 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 74 54 437911578 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 951 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19718 (C2) HDA temperature 26 46 55834574874 (C5) Current pending sector count 96 96 696 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 96 96 696 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 55727200680482 (F1) Unknown 100 253 68154775936 (F2) Unknown 100 253 179487640913	86.3% Excellent	Read 161 Write 139 Mixed 136 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.54 175% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 697GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 159372448 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8228 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 867851717587 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4893 (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 74 58 82042224666 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2397 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 53251 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 -140737488355302 (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 76055280895958 (F1) Unknown 100 253 80546647009 (F2) Unknown 100 253 234392276855	78.7% Very good	Read 134 Write 141 Mixed 143 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.27 69% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 22.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $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