MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.9% 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)
Boot Drive	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '17 at 15:00
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 95 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 194 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 369 49% 369 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Sapphire(174B 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.0.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Lighting 28.4 Reflection 31.6 Parallax 34.5 23% 31.5 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 24.8 Splatting 37.3 25% 30.2 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1955 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1653 (A5) Unknown 100 100 266343613176 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 57 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 38 163210002465 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3560544666429 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 605 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3932 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2805 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3001 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.6% Good	Read 406 Write 176 Mixed 179 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 9.6 98% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 10.6 66% 153 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 93%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 444GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 91 89 2858 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1366 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1928 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 29 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1266 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 166 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 193274380316 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 183 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 29 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 49989	63.8% Good	Read 108 Write 114 Mixed 102 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.35 94% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.7% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11.4 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 67%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $178	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