MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.5% 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	81.1% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 11:11
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 382 54% 399 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 113 Parallax 97.7 92% 108 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 9489 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1460 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 250 (A9) Unknown 100 100 169 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 139 (AE) Unknown 100 100 58 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 39 167504379934 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1087 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 18176 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7133 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5315 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	81.1% Excellent	Read 434 Write 267 Mixed 302 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 22.3 130% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 40 77% 155 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 133002240 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1825 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45796140 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9528 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1436 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 4900257826 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 33 33 135875 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 -140737488355294 (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 53790170420243 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20257342933 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21085100047	101% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 185 Mixed 162 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.32 82% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDT722525DLA380 250GB-$59 3,786 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 154GB free Firmware: V44OA9BA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 121 121 21493645601 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7977 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 29328 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3998 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8567 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8567 (C2) HDA temperature 148 148 227633725477 (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 200 253 0	32.5% Below average	Read 55.9 Write 56.9 Mixed 55.1 42% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.38 111% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 16.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 62%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,009 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	1,366x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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