MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.4% 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	102% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '17 at 01:35
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 229 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 566 59% 474 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 110 Parallax 103 85% 106 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 87.9 77% 94.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 512GB-$280 923 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 222GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^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 2036 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 43 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 35579 (A5) Unknown 100 100 101 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 17294 (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 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 327275 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1118091 (F5) Unknown 100 100 569264	102% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 421 Mixed 460 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 33.5 146% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 21.9 85% 186 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 35GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 7984009 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 34299608842583 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1362 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 97 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 67 68723867673 (C2) HDA temperature 25 67 68723867673 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7984009 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7984009 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7984009 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2866 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1100 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1100 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4898	73% Very good	Read 505 Write 146 Mixed 199 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 19.5 128% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 35.3 59% 114 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 73%
WD WD7500AZEX-00ZF5A0 750GB 1,942 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 179GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3821 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18487 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1575 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3716 (C2) HDA temperature 117 110 26 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.1% Good	Read 115 Write 115 Mixed 108 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.26 101% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	68.5% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 21.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 71%

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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	1,367x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,199x
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	146x
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 $273	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 $177	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) $37	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