MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '17 at 12:06
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 530 61% 474 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 847A) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28% Poor	Lighting 32.7 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 37.7 27% 33.4 fps	MRender 41.5 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 33.3 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 206GB free Firmware: 0002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2651 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2721 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 20620270701272 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 205 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3084 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	49.7% Average	Read 430 Write 255 Mixed 317 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 11.6 4K Mixed 8.88 49% 13.8 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 11.5 DQ Mixed 9.97 19% 41.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 81%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 40GB free Firmware: 1108 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 77 77 7710 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5902 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8422 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4168 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 54 336199700 (C2) HDA temperature 80 48 352976916 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 69483 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	34% Below average	Read 56 Write 62.1 Mixed 51.5 42% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.38 94% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 60%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 31GB free Firmware: 1108 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 8080 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6509 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9048 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4493 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 52 369885205 (C2) HDA temperature 78 46 386662422 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 115556 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	40.1% Average	Read 60.1 Write 79.3 Mixed 77.9 55% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.37 95% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 62%

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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%

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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 $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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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