MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	89.7% 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '17 at 23:28
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 208 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 488 56% 437 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 147 Parallax 127 115% 139 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 136 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5M mSATA 128GB 583 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10638 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2011 (B1) Unknown 100 100 250266 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1043 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 395249 (F2) Unknown 100 100 374034	89.7% Excellent	Read 506 Write 313 Mixed 376 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 30.5 125% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 76.5 114% 214 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 93%
Intel SSDSC2BF180A5L 180GB 1,596 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 23GB free Firmware: LTVi Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1871 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 909 (AA) Unknown 99 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 47 (B7) Unknown 100 100 98 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1 (BE) vendor-specific 33 100 60132622369 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 60132622369 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 82586 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 62 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 99 100 0 (E9) Unknown 93 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 82586 (F2) Unknown 100 100 138274 (F9) Unknown 100 100 26885	68.9% Good	Read 469 Write 161 Mixed 228 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 10 110% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 40.6 78% 158 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 81%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 453GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 4266 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4476 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26536 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2799 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 464 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4011 (C2) HDA temperature 106 90 41 (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 1	69.4% Good	Read 138 Write 104 Mixed 90.9 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 20.7 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 63%

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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	1,371x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,203x
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	310x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16